Udaipur murder live updates: The killers have been arrested. (File)
The murder of a tailor yesterday sparked tension in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The killers - Gos Mohammad and Riyaz - entered Kanhaiya Lal's shop at a crowded market in the city and slit his throat with a cleaver, and even filmed the incident. The attackers have been arrested. The murder is being treated as a terror incident, sources in the government said. Large gatherings have been banned and internet suspended across Rajasthan for 24 hour.
Here are the Live Updates on Udaipur murder:
The Union home ministry has directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the investigation of tailor Kanhaiya Lal's murder in Udaipur, Rajasthan, the ministry said in a tweet. The involvement of any organisation and international links will be thoroughly investigated, it said.
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.
- गृहमंत्री कार्यालय, HMO India (@HMOIndia) June 29, 2022
The involvement of any organisation and international links will be thoroughly investigated.
Condemning the murder of a tailor in Udaipur, Ajmer Dargah Deewan Zainul Abedin Ali Khan on Tuesday said that Muslims of India will never allow Talibanisation mindset to surface in the country. Read here.
Udaipur Murder: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) condemned the cold-blooded murder of a tailor in Udaipur saying that "taking law into your own hands is highly condemnable, regrettable and un-Islamic". Read here
Rajasthan Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria reached the MB Government Hospital in Udaipur today to meet the family of Kanhaiya Lal, who was killed yesterday. "Police should've provided protection when he asked for it and after his shop was closed for 4-5 days. It was a 100% failure of police," he said.
"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," said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Suspended Delhi BJP spokesperson Naveen Kumar Jindal has tweeted he and his family received death threats hours after a Hindu tailor in Rajasthan was murdered by Muslim men over a social media post on Prophet Muhammad. Read here
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi today said every violence has to be condemned and that "radicalisation has to be controlled" in the country, after a tailor's throat was slit by two men in Rajasthan's Udaipur in Taliban-style execution. Read here
Udaipur beheading | It is not an ordinary incident, we will seriously decipher the conspiracy & links to this killing. I'm going for a meeting & will let you know the outcome: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot pic.twitter.com/xjHWWn3d1L
- ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) June 29, 2022
Rajasthan | Udaipur beheading: A financial compensation of Rs 31 lakhs will be given to the kin of Kanhaiya Lal: Udaipur Divisional Commissioner Rajendra Bhatt
- ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) June 29, 2022
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The murder of a tailor, filmed by his killers, has sparked massive tension in Udaipur. Large gatherings have been banned and internet suspended across Rajasthan for 24 hours. The attackers seen on camera, Gos Mohammad and Riyaz, have been arrested. Read here.
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