Video: Udaipur Tailor Killers Attacked At Court, Clothes Ripped

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Kanhaiya Lal, 48, was murdered on Tuesday in Udaipur by two men who filmed the killing.

A large mob outside the Jaipur court today attacked the two killers in the gruesome murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal. A mob attacked them outside the Jaipur court, and ripped their clothes. But the police quickly put them into a waiting van and averted major injury.

Kanhaiya Lal, 48, was murdered on Tuesday by two men who filmed the killing. Later, Riaz Akhtari and Gos Mohammad put out another video in which they bragged about the murder and also threatened to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Akhtari and Mohammad were arrested hours after the killing. Two more people, who were allegedly involved in a recce of Kanhaiya’s shop and in the alleged conspiracy to kill him, were also arrested later.

The four accused were presented at an National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Jaipur today. There were heavy police arrangements on the court premises and several lawyers shouted slogans like “Pakistan Murdabad” and “Kanhaiya ke hatyaron ko fansi do” (give death sentence to Kanhaiya’s killers).

The court today also granted the custody of the killers to the NIA till July 12.

Days before his killing, Kanhaiya Lal had told the local police that he had received threats over a social media post shared from his account, apparently “supporting” suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma’s remarks on Prophet Mohammad.

The anti-terror probe agency is also investigating the killing of a chemist in Maharashtra’s Amravati, after it emerged it might be linked to his social media posts supporting Nupur Sharma.