A senior police official in Rajasthan claimed on Wednesday that one of many accused individuals within the Udaipur homicide case had visited Pakistan in 2014, PTI reported.
Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor in Udaipur, was beheaded on Tuesday and his killing was filmed by his assailants. He was killed for having shared a social media publish in assist of suspended Bharatiya Janata Celebration spokesperson Nupur Sharma. She had made disparaging remarks about Prophet Muhammad throughout a debate on Occasions Now tv channel final month.
Rajasthan Director Normal of Police ML Lather alleged on Wednesday that Ghouse Mohammed, one of many accused individuals, had hyperlinks with Karachi-based non-profit Islamic organisation Dawat-e-Islami. To a query on whether or not each Ghouse and co-accused Mohammed Mohammed Riyaz Attari had hyperlinks with the organisation, the police chief mentioned that such a chance couldn’t be dominated out.
In the meantime, Rajasthan Minister of State for House Rajendra Singh Yadav additionally claimed that Ghouse had spent about 45 days in Karachi in 2014, The Indian Specific reported.
“Then in 2018-19, he additionally had actions in Arab nations and visited Nepal just a few occasions,” the minister mentioned. For the previous two-three years, he had been making calls to 8-10 cellphone numbers from Pakistan.”
Yadav mentioned that the crime couldn’t have been dedicated by a standard individual. “So the NIA [National Investigation Agency] has lodged a case and their community can be discovered and the responsible can be jailed,” he mentioned.
The NIA took over the investigation on Wednesday. The workplace of Union House Minister Amit Shah mentioned that the involvement of any organisation and worldwide hyperlinks can be totally investigated.
The first data report registered within the case alleged that Riyaz and Ghouse informed Lal that he had “no proper to dwell” as he had written towards the Prophet Muhammad, in response to The Indian Specific. The FIR was registered based mostly on a grievance by Lal’s son Yash.
Yash informed the police that his father’s physique had accidents from a pointy object on his neck, face and left hand. He added that Ishwar Gaur, who labored at Lal’s tailoring store, additionally suffered a number of accidents.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot mentioned in a tweet on Wednesday that the homicide case has been filed beneath the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act. The Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad and state police will cooperate with the central company, he added.
On Wednesday, Pakistan rejected allegations that the crime was linked to any organisation in its territory, The Hindu reported.
“We categorically reject any such insinuations, that are typical of the BJP-RSS ‘Hindutva’ pushed Indian regime’s makes an attempt at maligning Pakistan together with by externalising their inner points by means of pointing of fingers in the direction of Pakistan,” Pakistan’s Overseas Workplace mentioned. “Such malicious makes an attempt is not going to achieve deceptive the folks, both in India or overseas.”
