NIA to take over probe into killing of tailor, safety stepped up in Udaipur

By PTI

UDAIPUR/JAIPUR/NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the probe into the brutal homicide of a tailor in Udaipur the place curfew remained clamped in seven police station areas whereas cell Internet providers have been suspended throughout all 33 districts of Rajasthan following stray incidents of violence.

A day after the horrific homicide of Kanhaiya Lal, the tailor, by two males who had posted movies on-line that stated they have been avenging an insult to Islam, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot stated his authorities has taken a severe view of the matter, asserting such incidents can not happen with out involvement of radical components at nationwide and worldwide ranges.

The physique of Lal was handed over to relations after postmortem on Wednesday. The funeral procession started amid tight safety from his home in sector 14 in Udaipur with a whole lot of locals becoming a member of.

Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria additionally visited the home of the tailor.

Gehlot convened a excessive degree assembly of state minister for residence Rajendra Yadav, Chief Secretary Usha Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary Home, DGP, DG Intelligence and different senior officers at midday in Jaipur, official sources stated.

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Treating the homicide as a terror incident, the Centre directed the NIA to extensively probe the “brutal” homicide, particularly whether or not any organisation and worldwide hyperlinks have been behind the sensational killing.

A spokesperson of the Ministry of Home Affairs stated on Twitter that the “MHA has directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the investigation of the brutal murder of Shri Kanhaiya Lal Teli committed at Udaipur, Rajasthan yesterday”.

“The involvement of any organisation and international links will be thoroughly investigated,” it stated.

The Home ministry had rushed a probe staff on Tuesday evening after a preliminary probe recommended that the 2 accused, arrested by the Rajasthan Police, have been influenced by the ISIS, a banned terror group.

The Rajasthan Police had introduced a particular investigation staff (SIT) quickly after the arrest of the 2 males, recognized as Riaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad, in reference to the incident.

In a video clip, Akhtari declared that that they had “beheaded” the person and went on to threaten Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Indirectly, the assailants additionally referred to Nupur Sharma, the BJP chief suspended from the occasion over a comment towards Prophet Mohammad.

Lal was just lately arrested by the native police over a publish on social media. On June 15, whereas he was on bail, he instructed police that he was receiving menace calls.

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The native SHO had summoned each side to the police station and settled the matter, an official stated. After the homicide, police suspended an assistant sub inspector for negligence at the moment.

The assailants has entered Lal’s store in Dhan Mandi posing as clients. As the tailor took measurements Akhtari attacked him with a cleaver, almost severing his neck. The different man shot the brutal homicide together with his cell phone.

The males fled from the scene and later uploaded this clip on social media.

In one other video, the alleged assailant stated they “beheaded” the tailor and threatened the prime minister for lighting “this fire”. Yet one other provocative video was recorded on June 17, during which Akhtari stated he’ll publish it the day he carries out the homicide. He requested different members of the neighborhood to proceed with related assaults.

Police sources stated Akhtari works at a neighborhood mosque and the opposite assailant runs a grocery store. As the movies circulated on social media, stress escalated.

Shopkeepers in native markets had downed shutters and a mob pelted stones and set two bikes on hearth on Tuesday.

For a number of hours, shopkeepers stopped police from taking away the physique, saying they are going to permit the elimination of the corpse solely after the murderers are arrested and compensation — Rs 50 lakh and a authorities job — given to the sufferer’s household.

Later, they agreed to assurances given by the authorities.

Curfew remained clamped in seven police station areas of the town and heavy deployment of police has been made.

The assault was condemned by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who stated violence and extremism are unacceptable.

“Violence and extremism are unacceptable, no matter what! I strongly condemn what happened in Udaipur. As law takes its own course of action, I urge everyone to maintain peace,” Banerjee tweeted.

The Bengal Imams Association additionally condemned the incident, and stated “no true Muslim” will assist such heinous act.

Demanding exemplary punishment for the assailants, Bengal Imams Association Chairman Md Yahia stated in a press release {that a} felony, a assassin ought to solely be recognized by his crime and both his title or purported spiritual identification can not belittle the severity of the act.

The consultant physique of clerics additionally felt that for the crime of 1 two people a whole neighborhood representing one specific faith or tribe shouldn’t be held accountable. Islam would not allow taking away the lifetime of a fellow human being, it’s a sin, Yahia added.