Bhiwani Deaths: One Arrested in Case of Two Charred Skeletons, Police Say

On 16 February, two charred skeletons were found in a burnt Bolero in Haryana’s Bhiwani district.

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Rajasthan Police has made an arrest in the case of two charred skeletons that were found inside a burnt car in Haryana’s Bhiwani district.

The latest: The person placed under arrest has been identified as Rinku Saini, according to Inspector General of Police (Bharatpur Range) Gaurav Srivastava.

• "Several teams were formed to nab the people named in the FIR," Srivastava said on Friday, 17 February

• "He has been arrested after his involvement in the incident was found. We'll seek his police remand to gather more info," he added

The FIR on the matter had mentioned that the complainant Ismail had named Anil, Shrikant, Rinku Saini, Lokesh Singla, and Monu Manesar of the Bajrang Dal as being allegedly responsible for the attack on Nasir and Junaid. Of the five people named in the FIR, Rinku Saini has been arrested.

Case details: On 16 February, two charred skeletons were found in a burnt Bolero in the village of Barwas in Haryana’s Bhiwani district.

• A day earlier, two Muslim men were allegedly assaulted and then kidnapped in the same Bolero car that they had been travelling in, according to an FIR filed on the matter in Rajasthan's Bharatpur

• The two missing men were identified as Junaid and Nasir