Udaipur horror: Victim Kanhaiya Lal’s family seek death for killers
Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 29: Tailor Kanhaiya Lal, who was beheaded in Udaipur in Rajasthan by two men for allegedly over social media posts supporting BJP leader Nupur Sharma.
The horrific incident shocked the nation and caused unrest in many states, especially in Rajasthan and also led to protest in Rajasthan and many other states.
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Reacting to the horrific and brutal killing of her husband, Kanhaiya Lal’s wife Yashoda demanded that the culprits should be hanged to death.
While addressing to the media, Kanhaiya Lal’s wife said that, "We demand those people who murdered him (Kanhaiya Lal) should be hanged to death, we demand their death sentence & need justice."
Meanwhile, other people who condemns the horrific incident of Udaipur also raised slogans demanding capital punishment for the criminal.
Kanhaiya Lal’s last rites were performed amidst heavy police security.
His wife also added, "Kanhaiya Lal had returned to his shop after many days as he was receiving death threats."
"For the last 10-15 days he was getting life threats. They said that they will kill him. People used to come both at home and his shop to threaten him. He was threatened over the phone as well," she recalled how her husband was getting death threats.
Due to increase in number of threats, Kanhaiya has also filed a complaint with the police about threats.
A relative of the deceased demanded capital punishment for the murderers saying, "The accused should get punished, otherwide these people will get encouraged to commit more such crimes. The accused should be given such a punishment that no one dares to commit such an incident again."
Kanhaiya Lal’s son also stated, "We want that either their (murderers) encounter should happen or they should be hanged to death. It's needed to instil fear in them."
Meanwhile, NIA took over the investigation of the brutal murder of a tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan's Udaipur.
The assailants identified themselves in the video as Riyaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad both residents of Udaipur.In the video, Riyaz was seen attacking 47-year-old Kanhaiya Lal with a sharp-edged weapon while the other, Ghouse, recorded the crime on his mobile phone.
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Meanwhile, internet services are suspended in Udaipur and a curfew has been imposed issuing alert.
-PTC News
