New Delhi: The Minister of Home Affairs had directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the investigation of the brutal murder of a tailor in Udaipur. The probe agency has taken over the case and will be investigating the involvement of any organisation and international links.
The spokesperson of the MHA said on their Twitter handle that "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."
Meanwhile, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot held a meeting with the officials and said that the government is taking strict action against the culprits. He said his government has taken a serious view of the gruesome murder of a tailor in Udaipur, asserting such incidents cannot take place without the involvement of radical elements at national and international levels, according to a PTI report.
Kanhaiya Lal, the tailor, was on Tuesday murdered by two men who had posted videos online that said they were avenging an insult to Islam.
The incident triggered stray cases of violence in Udaipur and a curfew was clamped in seven police station areas of the city.
Mobile Internet services were suspended across all 33 districts of Rajasthan.
"We are taking the incident very seriously. This is not a ordinary issue and it cannot happen until there is a link with radical elements at the national and international levels. This is what experience says," Gehlot told reporters in Jodhpur before leaving for Jaipur to chair a law and order review meeting. He said the plans, conspiracy of the accused and their links with national or international agencies will be disclosed.
Terming it as a gruesome incident, the chief minister said the murder of the tailor is highly condemnable. He said the SIT has started its work and the government will be sharing its feedback after a law and order review meeting.
The Rajasthan Police had announced a special investigation team (SIT) soon after the arrest of the two men, identified as Riaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad, in connection with the murder.