Udaipur massacre: NIA makes seventh arrest, section 144 revoked Read here

The Rajasthan administration on Sunday lifted curfew in Udaipur, while the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a seventh person in connection with the brutal murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur last month.

The Rajasthan administration has lifted the curfew imposed after the murder of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal Teli. Udaipur on 28 June. Udaipur district administration notified that Section 144 will remain in force for seven hours, i.e. from 10 pm to 5 am, from Monday, July 11.

Additionally, Special Public Prosecutor TP Sharma said, “The seventh accused Farhad Mohd Shaikh was produced in the court, from where he was sent to police remand till July 12,” while Farhad Mohd Shaikh alias Babla was arrested on Saturday evening. got arrested.

The spokesperson further informed that he was a “close criminal associate” of Riyaz Akhtari, one of the two main accused, and took an active part in the plot to kill the tailor. gruesome attack by Riyaz AkhtariThe video, also known as Riyaz Attari, was recorded over a phone call by Ghaus Mohammad, a tailor, and the video was posted online. He later said in a video that he killed Lal to avenge his alleged insult to Islam.

In a related development, Rajasthan District Collector Prabha Gautam, while issuing an order in this matter, said that Dhanmandi, Ghanta Ghar, Hathipol, Ambamata Surajpol, Bhupalpura, Savina, Govardhan Vilas, Hiran Magri, Pratapnagar and Sukher districts are exempted from the applicable restrictions of movement. Will be done. ,

Meanwhile, the brutal murder took place between 3 pm and 3.30 pm on June 28 and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) came to know through an order issued by the Counter-Terrorism and Counter Radicalization Division (CTCR) of the MHA on June 29. Following the order of the MHA, the NIA initiated investigation in the case as per the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 and directed the Central Agency’s Superintendent of Police Ravi Choudhary, an IPS officer, to investigate the matter. case as Chief Investigating Officer.

(with inputs from ANI)

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