Shopkeeper murdered in Udaipur for posting status on social media in support of Nupur Sharma
Highlight
- A tailor was beheaded in Udaipur for posting a social media post in favor of Nupur Sharma
- The accused used sharp weapons to kill the shopkeeper
- Both the accused also made a video of the incident and shared it on social media.
UdaipurIn Udaipur, Rajasthan, a shopkeeper was brutally murdered by two people of a particular community for posting a status on social media in support of Nupur Sharma, former BJP spokesperson.
According to the information, two people went to a shop in Udaipur with sharp weapons and brutally killed a shopkeeper in broad daylight. Both the accused have been arrested from Rajsamand area of Rajasthan.
The report further states that the accused came to the tailor’s shop on the pretext of giving the measurement of the cloth and then brutally murdered the shopkeeper. The deceased has been identified as Kanhaiyalal.
The accused killers not only brutally murdered the tailor with a sharp weapon but also made a video of the incident.
The incident happened at around 2.30 pm on Monday when a person named Riyaz reached on a motorcycle with each other.
The victim runs a tailor shop named ‘Supreme Tailors’ in Dhan Mandi area of Bhootmahal in Udaipur.
Speaking on the matter, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said, “It is a very sad incident. It is not a small incident, what has happened is beyond anyone’s imagination. The guilty will not be spared.”
“This is a sad and shameful incident. Today there is a tense atmosphere in the country. Why don’t PM and Amit Shah ji address the nation? There is tension among the people. PM should address the public and say that such violence will not be tolerated. And appealed for peace,” Ashok Gehlot added.
Internet services have been temporarily suspended for the next 24 hours following the murder of a tailor in Udaipur district, officials said. Besides, prohibitory orders, mobile internet service has been suspended across Rajasthan, the chief secretary said.
The relatives told that Kanhaiyalal was a resident of Govardhan Vilas area. About 10 days ago, he made a social media post in favor of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
Since then people of a particular community were threatening to kill him.
Kanhaiyalal was troubled by the constant threats and he also informed the police. The victim did not even open his shop for the last 6 days.
Reports say that the police did not take any serious action in this regard and asked the tailor to stay for a few days.
After the murder, the local markets in the area were closed as the traders demanded the arrest of the accused.
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