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    Main accused in Junaid Khan lynching worked as a security guard in Delhi: Police

    The prime accused in the killing of Junaid Khan on-board a Mathura-bound train was working as a security guard in Delhi and has confessed to having stabbed the Muslim youth, a senior police official said on Sunday.

    Main accused in Junaid Khan lynching worked as a security guard in Delhi: Police
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    Naresh, the main accused in the lynching case, before being produced in district court Faridabad

    Faridabad

    The accused, who was on the run since June 22, was arrested on Saturday from Dhule district of Maharashtra.

    The killing of 17-year-old Junaid had triggered a nationwide outrage.

    On the claim of the victim’s brothers that they were called “beef eaters” by the accused, Goyal said, “No such thing has come to the fore during the main accused’s questioning so far.”

    He said the accused, whose identity was being withheld pending completion of some legal procedure, had boarded the train from Shivaji bridge station in Delhi.

    “During his questioning so far, the main accused has confessed to having stabbed Junaid and attacking his brothers,” he claimed.

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