New Delhi: Rinku Saini, one of the accused in the case pertaining to the charred bodies of two Muslim men found on the Haryana-Rajasthan border, has reportedly told the Rajasthan police that self-proclaimed ‘cow vigilantes’ who had detained Junaid and Nasir had handed the two men over to the Haryana police.“During interrogation, Rinku Saini, the arrested accused in the case, has claimed that the two men were picked up by cow vigilantes on suspicion of cow smuggling and were later handed over to the Haryana Police. However, this claim needs to be verified and we are doing the needful. Further investigation is being conducted,” Bharatpur IG Gaurav Srivastava told the Indian Express.The claim is yet to be verified, the Rajasthan police said.Saini is one of four men – all allegedly members of the Bajrang Dal and self-proclaimed cow protectors – named in the police FIR. The FIR has been filed under Sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 365 (abduction), 367 (kidnapping or abducting in order to subject a person to grievous hurt, slavery) and 368 (wrongful confinement). Locals have questioned why there are no murder charges mentioned.As The Wire first reported, Junaid and Nasir were allegedly attacked and abducted by a mob that later set them ablaze, alive, while they were inside their car. This is said to have happened after accusations of cow smuggling were made against the victims. Both men were residents of Rajasthan’s Ghatmeeka village, in Bharatpur district.One of the accused in the case – Bajrang Dal leader Monu Manesar – has also been linked to the alleged murder of another Muslim man in the area, Waris.