Brutal daylight murder of a tailor in Udaipur's Bhootmahal area on Tuesday sent shock waves across the city with tension prevailing in the area and Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot appealing for peace.Within hours, prohibitory orders banning the assembly of people were imposed across the state for a month and mobile internet services suspended for the next 24 hours. At 8 pm, curfew was declared till further orders in seven police station areas of Udaipur city.
The two accused were later arrested from Rajsamand with Gehlot promising speedy justice under the fast track scheme of the government.
Kanhaiya Lal, a 40-year-old tailor, was beheaded by two assailants in his shop ten days after he published a social media post supporting BJP's now suspended spokesperson Nupur Sharma who had invited widespread wrath for her remarks against the Prophet.
The two accused were later arrested from Rajsamand with Gehlot promising speedy justice under the fast track scheme of the government.
Kanhaiya Lal, a 40-year-old tailor, was beheaded by two assailants in his shop ten days after he published a social media post supporting BJP's now suspended spokesperson Nupur Sharma who had invited widespread wrath for her remarks against the Prophet.
The assailants entered Kanhaiya Lal's shop on the pretext of ordering clothes and before he could sense any trouble, they attacked him with swords, beheading him.
The accused later posted videos of the crime online and took responsibility even as CM Gehlot urged everyone to refrain from sharing the shocking video.
Local reports suggested Kanhaiya Lal had been receiving threats from persons of a certain community ever since he came out in Nupur Sharma's support. He had approached the cops who told him to be careful but took no preventive action.Local shopkeepers who downed their shutters after the horrific murder today said Kanhaiya had not opened his shop for six days and came in only today.
Heavy police deployment was ordered in the area and shops in five nearby areas were closed. Family members of the victim raised hue and cry over the state of affairs in the city and demanded justice.
District Collector Tata Chand Meena and SP Manoj Chaudhary visited the spot, where locals were said to be raging over the murder and the impunity of the crime.
Rajasthan BJP chief Satish Poonia has slammed the Congress government led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot after a tailor was murdered at a shop and the crime filmed by the assailants in Udaipur on Tuesday.
Poonia said, "What kind of a government is this where Kanhaiya Lal does not have the freedom to support Nupur Sharma but Mohammad Riyaz has the freedom to kill? Riyaz has violently threatened the PM also. He must be immediately arrested and his terror links probed. The Udaipur murder proved that Hindus are not safe under the rule of Gehlot government. It is the result of CM and Congress Party's appeasement politics that criminals are roaming around emboldened and have no fear of law."The two accused had reached the victim Kanhaiya Lal's shop on Tuesday afternoon under Dhan Mandi police station area.
One of the assailants, who was identified as Riyaz, attacked Kanhaiya Lal with a sharp-edged weapon while the other recorded the crime on his mobile phone, police said.