Udaipur tailor murder | MHA directs NIA to take over 'brutal' killing of Kanhaiya Lal, probe international links
The Hindu
One of the accused Riaz Akhtari’s links have been traced to Pakistan-based Dawat-e-Islami, which has its branches in India as well
Treating the Udaipur murder as a terror incident, the Centre on Wednesday directed anti-terror agency, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), to extensively probe the "brutal" murder of a tailor in Rajasthan's Udaipur district, especially whether any organisation or international links were behind the sensational killing.
The Home Ministry's official twitter handle 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.
"The involvement of any organisation and international links will be thoroughly investigated.” The Home Ministry had rushed a probe team on Tuesday night after a preliminary probe suggested that the two accused, arrested by the Rajasthan police, were influenced by the ISIS, a banned terror group.
The town of Udaipur witnessed a shocking incident on Tuesday, when Riaz Akhtari, one of the accused, slit Teli’s throat with a cleaver, as Ghouse Mohammad, the other accused, recorded the act on a mobile phone.
In the video clip that circulated on social media, one of the purported assailants declared that they had "beheaded" the man and went on to threaten Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying their knife will get him as well.
The accused brandished blood-stained cleavers as they issued the threats.
Both of them were arrested and taken to an undisclosed location for a thorough interrogation.
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