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Udaipur: Forty-year-old Yashoda came out of her house in Udaipur’s Sector 14 Wednesday, dressed like a bride. She had on the same lehenga that she wore more than two decades ago, when she married Kanhaiya Lal Teli. Her face radiated pain, and anger. Just a day before, Kanhaiya Lal — a tailor by profession — was brutally murdered, allegedly by two Muslim men who sought to punish him for a purported social media post in support of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who made controversial comments against Prophet Muhammad last month. Identified by police as Mohammad Riyaz Attari and Ghaus Mohammed, both accused were arrested late Tuesday night. The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the case. Purported visuals of the crime were shared on social media, where the two men were seen claiming responsibility for the crime and threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while brandishing huge knives. Police personnel on patrol in the area where Kanhaiya Lal was murdered Tuesday | Manisha Mondal | ThePrint Kanhaiya Lal was cremated Wednesday, but his wife will continue to dress as a married woman — not a widow — until the tehrvi, or the ritual observed on the 13th day of someone’s death, in line with local customs. Yashoda broke into sobs as reporter after reporter asked her about her husband’s death. But she displayed no frustration at having to repeat her answers. Not satisfied with either the arrests made in the case, o...

The Congress on Saturday alleged that one of the main accused in the Addressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters here, party's media department head Pawan Khera said a sensational disclosure has been made by a media group in connection with the Udaipur incident which pointed to BJP links with Riyaz Attari. Some reports have also referred to the accused as Riaz Akhtari. The killer of "The killer of Kanhaiya Lal, Riyaz Attari is a member of the BJP," Mr. Khera said in a tweet after the press conference. ‘Fake news’: Amit Malviya Earlier in the day, responding to a tweet by a Congress leader referring to one of the accused's alleged BJP links, BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya dismissed the claim as "fake news". "I am not surprised that you are peddling #FakeNews. The Udaipur murderers WERN'T members of the BJP. Their attempt to infiltrate was like the LTTE assassin's attempt to enter the Congress to kill Rajiv Gandhi," he tweeted. "Congress should stop fooling around with terror and national security," Mr. Malviya said. I am not surprised that you are peddling The Udaipur murderers WERN'T members of the BJP. Their attempt to infiltrate was like the LTTE assassin's attempt to enter the Congress to kill Rajiv Gandhi. Congress should stop fooling around with terror and national security. Tailor Kanhaiya Lal was killed Tuesday afternoon by two cleaver-wielding men, who posted a grisly video of the crime online claiming responsibility for the murder. The two accused...

One of the accused in the Udaipur murder case, Riyaz Attari, used to raise donations for Dawat-e Islami and also used to urge others to join the group, his neighbour said. Riyaz Attari and Ghouse Mohammad have been named as prime accused in the Udaipur murder case that happened on June 28. A Hindu shopkeeper, Kanhaiyalal, was murdered by the duo in Rajasthan's Udaipur for allegedly sharing a social media post supporting suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

Investigations into Killers Mohammed Riyaz Attari and Ghous Mohammad. The security agencies have found that a few co-conspirators had VPN on their mobile phones to hide their internet protocol (IP) address with calls being made to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan days before the savage crime. The decision to eliminate Kanhiya Lal was taken in a meeting of local Anjuman after a rally against Nupur Sharma on June 20. Although the killers went to Kanhiya Lal’s shop on June 26 to behead him for supporting Nupur Sharma, the tailor did not come to his shop. While the forensic report of the seized electronic devices is still awaited, it has now been established that Attari met one Pakistani national Umar from Sindh during his visit to Saudi Arabia in 2019. Attari had kept in touch with the Pakistani nationals, details of whom are being ascertained. Ghous had gone to Saudi Arabia in 2013 and 2019 and to Karachi, Pakistan to attend religious discourse in Dawat-e-Islami in 2014. Both the killers were followers of Dawat-e-Islami, a movement that follows only Ahmed Raza Khan, the founder of Barelvi movement in the Indian sub-continent. Raza Khan was born in Bareilly in the 19th century. Attari had also joined the SDPI, the political arm of the rabid PFI group, in 2019. Interestingly, the PFI-SDFI link is common between Riyaz Attari, killers of Amravati pharmacist Umesh Kolhe and khadim of Ajmer sufi shrine Sarwar Chisti. Although PFI’s ideology is rooted in Ahle-Hadith, the extremist group h...

Interrogation reveals that it was Ghous Mohammed who had volunteered to kill tailor Kanhiya Lal and used two of the six butcher knives crafted by Riyaz Attari for the crime. The four remaining knives have been recovered from local butcher Mohsin Murgewala with whom Riyaz had deposited all the six knives. Investigations into ISIS style Udaipur killing of tailor Kanhaiya Lal by Islamists has revealed that the two main accused, Ghous Mohammed and Riyaz Attari, had used two of the six knives crafted by the latter for committing the savage crime. Riyaz Attari and Ghous Mohammed brandish knife with which they murdered Kanhaiya Lal. The police interrogation of the accused revealed that Attari had crafted six large knives for Bakri-Eid festival on June 9 and had left them with a local butcher named Mohsin Murgewala. Mohsin has since been arrested by the police even as the NIA and the internal security agencies have been able to unravel the murder conspiracy including the day the decision was taken to take revenge on the hapless tailor for supporting Nupur Sharma. On June 28, the two followers of Karachi based Investigations have revealed that it was petty trader Ghous Mohammed who volunteered to kill Kanhiya Lal. Ghous Mohammed along with two others had travelled to Dawat-e-Islami (DeI) headquarters in Karachi to have a “deedar” of leader Ilyas Qadri. Ghous has also travelled to Saudi Arabia twice for Umrah and practices Barelvi Islam. The two other accomplices of Ghous who went w...

From left to right: Mohammed Tahir, Irshad Chainwala, (both, members, Rajasthan State BJP Minority Morcha and the Muslim Rashtriya Manch), Gulab Chand Kataria (leader of BJP in Rajasthan Assembly), Riyaz Attari, one of the two killers of Kanhaiya Lal. Photo: Facebook page of Mohammad Tahir, BJP minority cell member, November 29, 2018. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera has alleged that one of the main accused in the Udaipur murder of Kanhaiya Lal, Riyaz Attari is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. While speaking to reporters at party headquarters, Khera cited several social media posts and pictures that linked accused Riyaz Attari with BJP’s minority wing leaders – Irshad Chainwala, Mohammad Tahir, and former Rajasthan minister – Gulab Chand Kataria. Khera also claimed that the BJP quickly transferred the case to National Investigative Agency (NIA) due to the killer being a member of the BJP. He Through certain social media posts and photos posted by BJP leader Irshad Chainwala on Facebook on 30 November 2018, Mohammad Tahir on 3 February 2019, 27 October 2019, 10 August 2021, and 20 November 2019, Khera alleged that it is clear that Riyaz Attari is not only “close to BJP leaders” but was also an active BJP member. Pawan Khera further said: “It has also come to the fore in the same disclosure that the main accused Riyaz Attari often participated in the programmes of Rajasthan BJP leader and former minister Gulabchand Kataria. Not only this, pictures of the main accused...

The two accused — Mohammed Riyaz Attari and Ghaus Muhammad — were arrested by the police in Rajasamand district late on Tuesday evening. Two men killed the tailor Kanhaiya Lal with a cleaver, in Udaipur city's Dhan Mandi area and uploaded videos on social media, saying that they were avenging the insult to Islam. In a murder that has shocked the nation, two men killed Udaipur-based tailor Kanhaiya Lal with a cleaver, in the city's Dhan Mandi area. In a brazen move, they shot the murder on video and uploaded it on social media, saying that they are avenging insult to Islam and making threats on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s life. The accused, identified as Mohammad Riyaz Attari and Ghaus Muhammad, were arrested late on Tuesday evening from the Rajsamand area in Rajasthan. While Riyaz allegedly attacked the tailor with a cleaver, his aide Ghouse Muhammad reportedly recorded the crime on his cellphone, according to the police. Kanhaiya Lal’s post-mortem report has revealed that he was stabbed 26 times, of which eight to 10 stabs were on his neck alone. As per the report, the cuts on the neck were the deepest, indicating that the alleged killers were attempting to behead the victim, but were unsuccessful as the victim died of excessive bleeding. The gory details are emerging as the police continue their probe. Two days later, on June 15, Kanhaiya had filed a complaint with the police over death threats to him and had sought police protection. In the complaint, he alleged, "Ab...

The Congress party on Saturday, 2 July, alleged that one of the main accused in the Addressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters, party's spokesperson Pawan Khera referred to media reports on the Udaipur incident which had pointed to the Bharatiya Janata Party links with Riyaz Attari, also known as Riyaz Akhtari, who is an accused in the case. At the presser, Khera cited pictures and posts linking Attari with BJP leaders Irshad Chainwala, Mohammad Tahir and former Rajasthan Minister Gulab Chand Kataria. Khera alleged that through certain photos posted by BJP leader Irshad Chainwala on Facebook on 30 November 2018, and Mohammad Tahir on 3 February 2019, 27 October 2019, 10 August 2021, 28 November 2019, it was clear that Attari was not only "close to BJP leaders," but was also an active member of the BJP. "The killer of Kanhaiya Lal, Riyaz Attari is a member of the BJP," he tweeted. "It has also come to the fore in the same disclosure that the main accused Riyaz Attari often participated in the programmes of Rajasthan BJP leader and former minister Gulabchand Kataria. Not only this, pictures of the main accused Riyaz Attari attending the meetings of the BJP's Rajasthan minority unit are also in front of the world." Pawan Khera, Congress Spokesperson Questioning the "silence" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, the Congress leader asked whether the BJP leaders were trying to create an atmosphere of religious frenzy in the country. "Is t...