Muslim men killed in Haryana by cow vigilantes were driven for 20 hours: Reports

According to reports, it is suspected that one of the two groups of cow vigilantes involved had murdered them.

Junaid and Nasir, residents of Rajasthan's Bharatpur, were kidnapped on February 15. Their bodies were found two days later. 

The deceased-Nasir, 25, and Junaid alias Juna, 35, both residents of Ghatmeeka village in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, were allegedly kidnapped and then their bodies were found inside a burnt Bolero SUV in Loharu in Bhiwani in Haryana the next day morning.

There were allegations that Junaid was involved in cattle smuggling.

Five cases were registered against him, said the police in Haryana.

Sources told NDTV that two separate groups of cow vigilantes are involved in the murder.

The first group abducted and beat Junaid and Nasir and took them to the Haryana police, demanding that they be arrested. But the police refused, seeing the men were badly injured. 

The Police last Friday arrested one of the five men accused in the death of two Muslim men from Rajasthan whose charred bodies were found in an SUV in Haryana after they were allegedly kidnapped by cow vigilantes.

In a statement, the Rajasthan Police earlier said Rinku Saini, 32, a resident of Firozpur Jhirka in Haryana's Nuh district, was arrested based on questioning and other evidence.

Saini, who is a taxi diver, was involved with a cow vigilante group, the police said.

The families of the victims had named Saini and four others as members of the Bajrang Dal in their FIR.

Another man named in the FIR is Mohit Yadav alias Monu Manesar, a member of the Bajrang Dal in Bhiwani.

Members of the Bajrang Dal have held protests against the registration of the case against the man, who is currently on the run. A village council has declared that he cannot be arrested without proof and warned that any police team visiting their home without permission "will not go back alive".