Tailor homicide: Prohibitory orders imposed, cell web suspended throughout Rajasthan 

By PTI

JAIPUR: Rajasthan authorities on Tuesday imposed prohibitory orders and suspended cell web service throughout the state in view of communal rigidity following the homicide of a tailor in Udaipur.

Two males with a cleaver murdered the tailor, Kanhaiya Lal, saying in a video publish on social media that they’re avenging an insult to Islam.

Chief Secretary Usha Sharma directed officers to droop cell web service throughout the state for twenty-four hours and impose part 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) — stopping the meeting of greater than 4 individuals — in all districts of the state for a month.

Leaves of police and administration officers have additionally been cancelled.

Sharma chaired a high-level assembly with senior officers, together with Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Abhay Kumar, Director General of Police M L Lather and others, to assessment the state of affairs.

“The chief secretary has directed all divisional commissioners, inspector generals of police and district collectors to take special vigil across the state,” an official assertion stated.

The males who allegedly carried out the daylight homicide posted three movies on-line admitting to the crime and have been quickly arrested.

In a video clip, one of many purported assailants declared that that they had “beheaded” the person and went on to threaten Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying their knife will get him as effectively.

Indirectly, the assailants additionally referred to Nupur Sharma, the BJP chief suspended from the celebration over a comment on Prophet Mohammad.

Sharma directed all divisional commissioners to dam the circulation of the movies of the incident and take motion in opposition to these discovered sharing them, the discharge stated.

She stated an attraction needs to be made to non secular leaders to cooperate in sustaining communal concord and peace.

Kumar stated the state of affairs needs to be monitored with utmost vigilance and sensitivity in all of the districts whereas Lather directed that police and administration officers ought to guarantee particular monitoring to keep up legislation and order.

Earlier, a curfew was imposed in seven police station areas of Udaipur from 8 pm on Tuesday until additional orders.

Meanwhile, two extra director generals of police, a deputy inspector common of police, a superintendent of police, 30 officers of the Rajasthan Police Service officers and 5 Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (RAC) corporations have been despatched to Udaipur.

Kanhaiya Lal was lately arrested by the native police over some remarks made on social media by him.

A BJP chief stated the sufferer feared for his life and had sought police safety, however the authorities didn’t act on his attraction.