New Delhi: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Saturday (July 16) sent three accused in the Udaipur tailor murder case to judicial custody till August 1, PTI quoted a public prosecutor as saying. The court directed to send Riyaz Akhtari, also known as Riyaz Attari, Ghaus Mohammad and Farhad Mohammad Sheikh, to judicial custody till August 1. Tight security arrangements. Special Public Prosecutor TP Sharma said, “The court has ordered to send him to judicial custody till August 1.
Earlier on Tuesday, the NIA court had sent four other accused in the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal – Mohammad Mohsin, Wasim Ali, Asif and Mohsin – to judicial custody till August 1.
On June 28, the horrific murder of 48-year-old tailor Kanhaiya Lal shook the entire nation. Lal was stabbed to death inside the sewing shop. Riyaz Akhtari was seen attacking the tailor while the video of the incident was recorded by Ghosh Mohammad on a phone. Both posted the video online and said that they committed the murder to avenge the alleged insult to Islam. He was arrested within hours of Lal’s murder.
Two other accused were arrested last week for their involvement in conspiracy and conducting recce of the tailoring shop of the victim, while the fifth accused was identified as Mohammad Mohsin and the sixth person, Waseem Ali. The seventh arrest—Farhad Mohammad Sheikh alias Babla—was made by the NIA. Saturday (July 9) in the evening. According to an NIA spokesperson, Farhad was a “close criminal associate” of Mohammad Sheikh Riyaz Akhtari and took an active part in the conspiracy to kill Kanhaiya Lal.
Udaipur tailor murder case: Attari, Ghaus, another accused sent to custody till August
New Delhi: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Saturday (July 16) sent three accused in the Udaipur tailor murder case to judicial custody till August 1, PTI quoted a public prosecutor as saying. The court directed to send Riyaz Akhtari, also known as Riyaz Attari, Ghaus Mohammad and Farhad Mohammad Sheikh, to judicial custody till August 1. Tight security arrangements. Special Public Prosecutor TP Sharma said, “The court has ordered to send him to judicial custody till August 1.
Earlier on Tuesday, the NIA court had sent four other accused in the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal – Mohammad Mohsin, Wasim Ali, Asif and Mohsin – to judicial custody till August 1.
On June 28, the horrific murder of 48-year-old tailor Kanhaiya Lal shook the entire nation. Lal was stabbed to death inside the sewing shop. Riyaz Akhtari was seen attacking the tailor while the video of the incident was recorded by Ghosh Mohammad on a phone. Both posted the video online and said that they committed the murder to avenge the alleged insult to Islam. He was arrested within hours of Lal’s murder.
Two other accused were arrested last week for their involvement in conspiracy and conducting recce of the tailoring shop of the victim, while the fifth accused was identified as Mohammad Mohsin and the sixth person, Waseem Ali. The seventh arrest—Farhad Mohammad Sheikh alias Babla—was made by the NIA. Saturday (July 9) in the evening. According to an NIA spokesperson, Farhad was a “close criminal associate” of Mohammad Sheikh Riyaz Akhtari and took an active part in the conspiracy to kill Kanhaiya Lal.
(with agency input)