Udaipur beheading: All four arrested accused sent to 10-day NIA remand

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the probe into the killing of an Amravati-based shop owner Umesh Kolhe on June 21 in Maharashtra after he wrote a post in support of suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma. The incident took place not so long before the Udaipur incident.

ADG Anil Paliwal has issued an order transferring 4 RPS officers, and made new appointments in the police dept in Udaipur. Bhupendra will be Girwa CO, Shipra Rajawat will be CO Udaipur East, Tapendra Meena CO Udaipur West, Dharmendra Gila Bhadesar CO of Chittorgarh, reported ANI.

The Congress on Saturday alleged that one of the main accused in the brutal killing of a tailor in Udaipur is a "BJP member" and asked whether the Centre had moved quickly to transfer the case to the NIA due to this reason.

As per reports, one of the accused Mohammad Ghaus got messages and instructions from Karachi on a WhatsApp group, that read "why don't you do something? Mischief in the glory of the prophet results in death". 

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Hindutva leader Kamlesh Tiwari, who was killed in 2019 in a similar fashion as Udaipur's tailor Kanhaiya Lal surfaced in the news again due to the incident. Tiwari's wife has now received a threat letter written in Urdu. As soon as the letter was received, the police increased the security of Kamlesh Tiwari's wife's house.

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A district court in Udaipur has transferred the murder case of tailor Kanhaiya Lal to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as the latter had applied for it earlier. Following the transfer, the NIA will get custody of the killers, Ghaus Mohammad and Riyaz Jabbar, and then start their interrogation.

According to sources, 5 people were involved in the murder of Kanhaiya Lal. After the murder, a backup plan was also ready to give a safe passage to Mohammad Ghaus and Riyaz. There were 3 people involved in that backup plan in which Mohsin and his partner Asif were standing at a short distance from the shop.

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Markets had been shut down in Udaipur after the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal but will now be opened. The curfew timings from 12 to 4 will also be relaxed. However, curfew from 3 to 4 pm will still continue in some areas.

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The accused who allegedly hacked tailor Kanhaiya Lal to death in Udaipur, will be produced before a special NIA court on Saturday. According to sources, the accused will be produced before a special NIA court which is likely to seek their custodial remand for 14 days.

Accused Riyaz Akhtari and Ghaus Mohammad have been taken into custody by the NIA. They were lodged in the Ajmer jail, but are now being taken to Jaipur amid tight security. 

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It has also been revealed that after the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal, the accused sent the message "the given has been completed" in a WhatsApp group, that also had some Pakistani nationals as its members.

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A latest development suggests that murder victim Kanhiya Lal had installed CCTV in his shop in Udaipur, but the killers cut the wire of the CCTV before the murder, hence, the incident wasn't captured on it. 

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