Udaipur case

The Da’wat-e-Islami (DeI), the group to which Rajasthan police have linked Ghouse Mohammad who killed tailor Kanhaiyalal in Udaipur on Tuesday, is a Sunni Barelvi proselytising group that was founded in Pakistan four decades ago. It has chapters in several western countries. The Da’wat-e Islami in India, based in Mumbai, is a breakaway Sunni group and has no links to the DeI Pakistan. Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the Barelvi group that has demonstrated its rallying ability and street power several times since 2016 on the issues of blasphemy and the finality of the Prophet, draws its inspiration from the DeI. The Labbaik mobilised its cadres in 2020-21 to demand that Islamabad must cut off diplomatic relations with France over the Prophet cartoons controversy. It contested elections in 2018 and won two seats in the Sindh Assembly. In January 2011, when Mumtaz Qadri, the police bodyguard, shot dead Salman Taseer, Governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, police said he had links to the Dawat-e-Islami. An AFP report had quoted DeI spokesman Mahmood Ahmed Attari as saying he had no information about whether Qadri belonged to his party. He said Dawat-e-Islami members are moderate followers of the Barelvi sect of Sunni Islam and do not believe in agitation or protest demonstrations. Don't miss | Labbaik grew out of a movement to free Qadri, and gained followers rapidly after he was judicially executed for the killing of Taseer. Formed in 1981, the DeI was the Barelvi response...

• v • t • e Kanhaiya Lal Teli was a Lal was killed for allegedly sharing a Local authorities announced a curfew and blocked internet access after videos of the attack went viral on social media, triggering mass outrage across India. The Indian government made attempts to stop the video of the brutal attack from circulating online. Background [ ] Kanhaiya Lal Teli (also reported as Kanhaiya Lal Sahu, born c. 1982) was a tailor from the Dhanmandi area of Udaipur, the father of two sons who belonged to the Hindu On June 11, Lal's neighbor Nazim had registered a case against him over a controversial social media post, stating support for Nupur Sharma, which led to Lal's arrest. Subsequently, Lal was released on bail. On June 15, Lal had filed a request for protection with the local police after receiving death threats. Murder [ ] Muhammad Riyaz Attari, one of the two accused, had made a video days before the attack on June 17 where he stated his intent for murder for remarks against the prophet Muhammad, to make a "viral" video and his On June 28, two assailants entered Lal's tailor shop posing as customers. When Lal began taking the measurements for one of them, he was attacked with cleavers at 2.45 p.m. The entire attack was caught on video by the assailants. After subduing Lal, the two accused dragged him out of the shop and slit his throat with a makeshift dagger made at their welding workshop. In what seems to be a second video (taken after the attack), they boasted about...

By Press Trust of India: Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly Rajendra Rathore on Friday accused Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot of not fulfilling his promise of providing security to the two men who had helped the police nab the culprits in the Udaipur tailor murder case last year. The BJP leader also raised questions over the tendering process for the procurement of smartphones to be provided free of cost to women under a state government scheme. Rathore along with Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari produced Shakti Singh and Prahlad, who had helped the police arrest the two men who had killed tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur in June last year, at a press conference. The leader of opposition said these two men worked in Gujarat's Surat but were sacked by their employer following the incident, citing security reasons. After killing Lal with a cleaver at his shop in Udaipur, the two assailants fled on a motorcycle. Shakti Singh and Prahlad identified them on the basis of information circulated by police, chased them and helped the police catch them in Rajsamand. Rathore also questioned the tendering process for the Rajasthan government's free smartphone scheme for women and claimed it will turn out to be a "big scam". He demanded that the tenders for the scheme be given to women.

In a video shared on Twitter, the accused were seen trying to escape the police but the police personnel overpowered them. Soon after more police personnel came to spot in other vehicles to nab Riyaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad. The accused Riyaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad sped a motorcycle on the highway on the outskirts of Udaipur concealing their face with helmets. However, the duo were intercepted by police. राजस्थान पुलिस ने उदयपुर हत्याकांड के दोनों हत्यारों को पकड़ लिया हैं । राजस्थान पुलिस ने मौक़े पर ही खातिरदारी की है। अभी और भी ख़ातिरदारी होनी है। यह कांग्रेस शासित राजस्थान हैं यहाँ असामाजिक तत्व बिल्कुल भी बर्दाश्त नहीं किये जायेगे। The beheading of tailor Kanhaiya Lal for allegedly posting content in support of suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nupur Sharma, had sparked public outrage across the country. On 29 June, Kanhaiya Lal was cremated in the presence of a large number of people who raised slogans demanding capital punishment for the accused. His last rites were performed amidst heavy police security. Also Read: Udaipur: Curfew imposed for one month, internet services suspended Reacting to the horrific and brutal killing of her husband, his wife Yashoda demanded that the culprits should be hanged to death. "We demand those people who murdered him (Kanhaiya Lal) should be hanged to death, we demand their death sentence and need justice," said the wife of Kanhaiya Lal. "Kanhaiya Lal had returned to his shop after many days as he was receiving ...

By Sharat Kumar: Udaipur court on Friday transferred the Kanhaiya Lal murder case to the National Investigation Agency. The NIA had earlier submitted an application in court for approval. The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday had Tailor Kanhaiya Lal was killed on Tuesday afternoon by two cleaver-wielding men, Riyaz Akhtari and Ghaus Mohammad, who posted a grisly video of the crime online, claiming responsibility for the “beheading”. Both the accused were arrested in Rajsamand hours after the crime. The two accused had links to Dawat-e-Islami, a religious movement based in Pakistan, sources said. Meanwhile, three more suspects have been arrested and more than 10 people have been rounded up in connection with the case. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot assured that the state Anti-Terrorism Squad will offer all possible assistance to the NIA in its probe.

Jaipur/New Delhi: The murder of a tailor yesterday sparked tension in The murder is being treated as a terror incident, sources in the government said. Large gatherings have been banned and internet suspended across Rajasthan for 24 hour. The Union ministry said today it has directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over probe into the case. Here are the highlights on Udaipur murder: Rajasthan Government "Solely Responsible" Udaipur Murder, Says BJP Kanhaiya Lal was brutally murdered in a terrorist attack. There is outrage in the whole country. There is also a sense of insecurity among the ordinary people of Rajasthan. But it is very important to maintain a peaceful and harmonious environment under the law. The manner in which the state government of Rajasthan has acted in the last three and a half years, it is entirely responsible for this terrorist attack. This is not an isolated incident in itself, such incidents are happening again and again in Rajasthan, such terrorist organizations are flourishing in Rajasthan. Not a single week has gone by in the last six months when terrorist, jihadi incidents have not happened inside Rajasthan. The Government of Rajasthan is solely responsible for this. When there are festivals, then different laws are made for different religions. Festivals are imposed on one community, at the same time, when festivals of other societies take place, they are given a free hand. The Chief Minister of Rajasthan calls this incident a m...

Two men murdered a Hindu tailor in Rajasthan’s Udaipur on Tuesday and posted videos online that said they were avenging an insult to Islam after the victim had allegedly made social media posts in support of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. The gruesome murder triggered outrage and stray incidents of violence in the state, where prohibitory orders have been clamped for a month. Curfew has been imposed till further orders in seven police station areas of Udaipur city. The two accused have been arrested. Stay with India Today for all the LIVE updates: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is set to visit Udaipur on Friday, June 30. CM Gehlot will meet the family of Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor who was murdered by 2 men on Tuesday. In view of rising tension in the district, CM Gehlot will also chair a meeting on law and order situation in Udaipur. Later in the evening, CM Gehlot will visit the police constable who was injured in Bhim (Rajsamand) during the protest against Udaipur incident on Wednesday. Leaders of all political parties in Rajasthan strongly condemned the murder of a tailor in Udaipur and appealed for peace and restraint, as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot chaired an all-party meeting on the incident. The parties, including the BJP, unanimously said such acts have no place in a civilised society and demand strict punishment for those involved in the crime, an official statement said. They appealed to the people of the state to maintain peace and harmony and said ...