Family wants justice after court in India acquits lynching suspects

A picture of Mr Pehlu Khan held by his son Irshad. Mr Pehlu Khan died after he was attacked in 2017 by a mob of more than two dozen, who accused him and his two sons of taking cows to slaughter. PHOTO: REUTERS
A picture of Mr Pehlu Khan held by his son Irshad. Mr Pehlu Khan died after he was attacked in 2017 by a mob of more than two dozen, who accused him and his two sons of taking cows to slaughter. PHOTO: REUTERS
Rohini Mohan India Correspondent In Bangalore
Updated
Aug 18, 2019, 08:29 AM
Published
Aug 18, 2019, 05:00 AM
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Mr Irshad Khan woke up to India's 73rd Independence Day on Thursday after a sleepless night. The 28-year-old tried to listen to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation, but he said he was "weighed down by sadness".

Just a day earlier, a court had acquitted six people accused of beating Mr Khan's father to death.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on August 18, 2019, with the headline Family wants justice after court in India acquits lynching suspects. Subscribe

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