Rajasthan govt taking tailor murder case very seriously, says CM Ashok Gehlot
Jaipur, June 29
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said his government had taken a serious view of the gruesome murder of a tailor in Udaipur, asserting that such incidents could not take place without the involvement of radical elements at national and international levels.
Kanhaiya Lal, the tailor, was on Tuesday murdered by two men who had posted videos online that said they were avenging an insult to Islam.
The incident triggered stray cases of violence in Udaipur and curfew was clamped in seven police station areas of the city.
Mobile Internet services were suspended across all 33 districts of Rajasthan.
“We are taking the incident very seriously. This is not an ordinary issue and it cannot happen until there is a link with radical elements at the national and international levels. This is what experience says,” Gehlot told reporters in Jodhpur before leaving for Jaipur to chair a law-and-order review meeting.
Terming it as a gruesome incident, the chief minister said the murder of the tailor is highly condemnable.
He said the SIT had started its work and the government would share its feedback after a law-and-order review meeting.
Rajasthan Police had announced a special investigation team (SIT) soon after the arrest of the two men, identified as Riaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad, in connection with the murder.
In a video clip, Akhtari declared that they had “beheaded” the man, and went on to threaten Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Indirectly, the assailants also referred to Nupur Sharma, the BJP leader suspended from the party over a remark on Prophet Mohammad.
