Months after Junaid-Nasir murders, police rule out cow vigilante Monu Manesar’s ‘direct involvement’

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New Delhi: Six months after two men from Rajasthan were allegedly beaten and burnt alive by cow vigilantes, Rajasthan Police claimed the prime suspect in the case, Monu Manesar, was not directly involved in the killings...

Addressing a press conference Monday, Rajasthan Director-General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra said that police were now probing Manesars indirect involvement in the murders of Junaid (35) and Nasir (25) in February this year...

Mishras statement comes at a time when the killings were reportedly seen as one of the factors that led to the violence in Nuh in Haryanas Mewat region on 31 July.Six people including two home guards and a cleric were killed in the violence that eventually spilled over into neighbouring Gurugram...

Monu Manesar, also known as Mohit Yadav, was among the prime suspects in the case.. The killings had led to significant anger in Haryanas Muslim-majority Nuh district...

On 31 July, a religious procession organised by the VHP in Nuh ended in clashes that claimed six lives.A week before the violence, Manesar, who has been absconding since February, allegedly posted provocative videos on social media...

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