The ruthless killing of a tailor in Udaipur on June 28 is being treated as a terrorist act by the Center. The Center has sent a team, comprising investigators from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), to probe as preliminary evidence suggests that the attackers may have links to ISIS. According to officials, investigators will conduct a comprehensive probe into the situation and background check of the two accused persons detained.
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The attackers made an indirect reference to BJP leader Nupur Sharma, who was expelled from the organization for her remarks about Prophet Mohammad. Individuals who are accused of murder in broad daylight released internet recordings of them confessing to the crime before being caught by police. A member of the group introduced himself as Riyaz Akhtari.
Pakistan-based Dawat-e-Islami, which also has sections in India, is where Akhtari’s connections can be found.
After registering a case under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, the case will be handed over to the NIA for investigation.
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“Prima facie it appears to be a terror case and it needs a thorough investigation which includes browsing his social media profiles,” a senior official said on condition of anonymity.
In a video shared on social media, two men said that they were avenging the insult to Islam by slitting the throat of tailor Kanhaiya Lal. after the incident a curfew imposed in rajasthan Because of the resulting racial tensions.
In a video, one of the alleged attackers claimed to have “beheaded” the victim before threatening to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the same knife.
Some cadres of Dawat-e-Islami were involved in several terror incidents including the assassination of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer in 2011.
Beheadings by terrorist groups, particularly ISIS and al-Qaeda, are common. The gruesome practice began in 2014 when several foreigners were similarly killed by ISIS, videos of which were uploaded on social media.
During three decades of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, only one beheading was witnessed in 1995, when a terrorist of the banned Harkat-ul-Ansar terrorist group, allegedly named Al-Faran, killed foreign tourist Hansa Ostro .
(with PTI inputs)