5 Arrested For Sharing Video Of Udaipur Tailor's Murder

Kanhaiya Lal was hacked to death to avenge an "insult to Islam"

Jaipur: On Monday, Five people were arrested in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district for allegedly circulating the video of the Udaipur tailor murder, and posting photos and videos with arms on social media, police said.

Police had asked people not to share the video of the killing.

Sirajuddin Hussain (36) was arrested in Hanumangarh town for circulating the video of the Udaipur murder, Superintendent of Police (SP) Ajay Singh said.

Tarsem Puri was arrested by Sangaria police station personnel, Rajkumar Jat and Mohammad Shakur by Sadar police station personnel and Pavan Kumar by Nohar police station personnel for uploading photos and videos on social media with an intention to create terror among people, the SP said.

A tailor, Kanhaiya Lal, was hacked to death by two men, Riaz Akhtari and Gos Mohammad, with a cleaver at his shop in Udaipur's Dhan Mandi area to avenge an "insult to Islam".

The video of the brutal murder was posted online on internet.

Four arrested are in the custody of the National Investigation Agency.

Calling the “beheading” of an Udaipur tailor by two men over a controversial social media post as an act of terrorism, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that immediate action by the state government prevented the accused from fleeing.

Speaking to the news agency, the CM said: “During a meeting with the leaders of all political parties, there was unanimous appreciation for two things First that the perpetrators were arrested in time and were not allowed to flee.

The second was the kind of action that the state government has taken by registering the case under the UAPA and unearthing links with terrorist organisations.”