On Tuesday two people Riyaz Attari, and Ghous Mohammed killed Kanhaiya Lal who was a tailor by profession in Udaipur for supporting Nupur Sharma.
On Tuesday, 38-year-old Riyaz Attari who lives in old Bhilwara and 39-year-old Ghous Mohammed from Udaipur beheaded tailor Kanhaiya Lal with knives for supporting suspended former BJP leader Nupur Sharma and remarks on Prophet Mohammed. Attari is a welder who had crafted the knives and Ghous Mohammed owns a grocery store.
Mohammad Riyaz Akhtari hacked 47-year-old Kanhaiya Lal to death and took the responsibility for the murder proudly in a viral video in which he warned that we will do what needed to be done. And asked others to follow his lead.
Asking others to follow his lead in the video, he asks them to not be afraid. “If death comes, it is heaven. If we go to jail, there is no worry,” he said.
They recorded a video while murdering Kanhaiya Lal. They went there as customers and then killed him in broad daylight by using the knives made by Akhtari.
Kanhaiya Lal posted a supportive post on his social media account in the support of Nupur Sharma. After that, he started getting death threats. He made an official complaint to the nearest police station and asked them for security but the police simply called both the parties and asked them to calm down.
Furthermore, Police asked Kanhaiya Lal to stay calm for a few days. In the fear, Kanhaiya Lal didn’t opened his shop for 6 days.
After the video of the confession went viral on the internet in which they also threatened PM Narendra Modi. Both Akhtari and Ghous got arrested and after the investigation started police found their link to Pakistan.
Police investigation reveals link from Pakistan
In the investigation, police found their link to Karachi-based Sunni Islamist organization Dawat-e-Islami and Barelvi pan-Islamic Tehreek-e-Labbaik extremist organization in Pakistan.
Rajasthan Police arrested the accused at Rajsamand. They were on their way to shoot another video at the Ajmer Sharif shrine after killing tailor Kanhaiya Lal in broad daylight in Udaipur for supporting Nupur Sharma.
They shared the murder video in which they confirmed their role in the murder case and also threatened PM Narendra Modi. The video went viral in just seconds.
The interrogation of the two accused Islamists confirmed that both of them belong to the Sufi-Barelvi sect of Sunni Islam and have close links with Dawat-e-Islami in Karachi.
While the two were self-radicalized, police are trying to find out if they have any other links with efforts of other extremist Sunni organizations in India including those with links with the Muslim Brotherhood, according to counter-terror officials. The two have been arrested under the UAPA and the case is interrogated by National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Karachi-based Dawat-e-Islami’s aim is to spread the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah with the objective of advocating Shariah globally. It has a huge following in Pakistan and is committed to supporting the blasphemy law in the Islamic Republic.
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The wife of Kanhaiya Lal asks for justice along with all Indians. She raised the question of the Rajasthan police. They could have stopped this very easily by giving him protection or by giving the complaint some time on interrogating the people who were giving him death threats. This way they could have avoided this whole situation. She also asked the government for justice and to give strict punishment to the accused.
So many people are uploading posts and reels on this case on their social media accounts and demanding strict punishment for this cruel act. They are asking for justice for Kanhaiya Lal by using hashtags. #justiceforKanhaiyaLal #UdaipurHorror
