NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday directed the IGP, Meerut to supervise the investigation of lynching of a man in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh by a mob of alleged cow vigilantes The SC also said that the IGP will adhere to and follow the court's judgment while conducting the investigation in the case.The apex court had on August 13 directed the IGP, Meerut to submit a report on the lynching case.The direction had come after the Supreme Court took serious note of a petition accusing the police of tampering with evidence to project a communal lynching by cow vigilantes as a road rage case.The petitioners had requested the SC to set up a special investigation team to probe the incident and protect the witnesses from intimidation, harm and violence.Petitioners Samiudeen, his brother Yaseen and Dinesh Tomar, who witnessed cow vigilantes brutally assault one Qasim for alleged cow slaughter on June 18, even when there was no evidence to suggest so, told the court that Tomar was forced to write a false report.The petitioners said circle officer of Pilkhuwa police station Pawan Kumar Singh “authored and dictated a false, concocted and baseless complaint, which was written under duress by Dinesh Tomar”, and fabricated evidence to show road rage arising from a motorcycle accident.The case has gone through several twists in the past two months with relatives of the victims alleging a botched-up investigation by the local police. The complainant in the case, Mohammed Yaseen, younger brother of Samiudeen, had told TOI that he was threatened by local police to stick to the road rage version of the incident which eventually diluted the case against the accused.The main accused, Rakesh Sisodia, who was arrested and later granted bail in 15 days, was caught bragging on camera on how he got a hero's welcome following his release from jail. In a sting video, Sisodia had also cast aspersions on the role of police claiming that the latter were on his side.

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