Jaipur (Rajasthan): The Rajasthan government has decided to appeal against the verdict of in which a court on Wednesday acquitted all six men accused of lynching Pehlu Khan to death in 2017. The accused were let off on the benefit of the doubt. "The state government has decided to appeal against the judgment in 2017 Pehlu Khan lynching case (Alwar)," said Rajasthan Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Rajeeva Swarup.

"All six persons have been acquitted by the court. This is a historic decision, which will serve as a slap to the persons who wanted to divide Hindus and Muslims and tried to build a narrative using this in the Parliament. This is an unbiased decision by the court," Hukam Chand Sharma, the advocate of the accused, told reporters in Alwar after the verdict.