Muslim Men's Killing: Accused Had Worked As Haryana Police Informers

Rinku Saini, Lokesh Singhla and Srikant used to accompany Haryana Police teams during raids on cattle smugglers, according to the FIRs

Three of the five cow vigilantes who allegedly killed two Muslim men in Haryana worked as police informers to crack down on cattle smuggling, according to four first information reports, or FIRs, from previous cases.

The five men are Anil, Srikant, Rinku Saini, Lokesh Singhla and Mohit Yadav alias Monu Manesar.

Of these, Rinku Saini, Lokesh Singhla and Srikant used to accompany Haryana Police teams during raids on cattle smugglers, according to the FIRs.

In four FIRs of cow smuggling cases accessed by NDTV, the Haryana Police declared the three men who face murder cases as their "informers".