Tailor killing: NIA arrests sixth accused

By PTI

JAIPUR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested a sixth particular person in reference to the killing of Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor, in Udaipur in Rajasthan and took him into custody until July 12, officers mentioned.

Wasim Ali, who ran a meat store reverse the tailoring store of Kanhaiya Lal, was picked by the federal company Tuesday evening and questioned for his alleged function in serving to different accused perform a recce of the world.

He was positioned below arrest on Wednesday and produced earlier than a chosen courtroom which remanded him within the custody of the NIA until July 12.

Elaborate safety preparations have been made within the courtroom premises for the manufacturing of the accused.

“After hearing the matter, the court sent Wasim Ali to the NIA custody till July 12,” Special Public Prosecutor T P Sharma mentioned.

Lal was killed with a cleaver inside his tailoring store on June 28.

The grotesque assault by Riaz Akhtari on the tailor was recorded on a telephone by Ghouse Mohammad, and it was posted on-line.

They mentioned in a video later that they hacked Lal to demise to avenge an alleged insult to Islam. The duo have been arrested inside hours of the killing.

Two different accused, recognized as Mohsin and Asif, have been arrested Thursday evening for allegedly being concerned within the conspiracy and recce of Kanhaiya Lal’s store.

The fifth accused, Mohammad Mohsin, was arrested on Monday and despatched to police remand until July 12.