According to a senior Rajasthan police officer, two individuals who were involved in the plot to kill Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal have been detained. The two men, according to Udaipur’s inspector general of police Praful Kumar, were complicit in the plot and planning that led to the murder of Kanhaiya Lal in his tailor shop by Riyaz Akhtari and Gaus Mohammed for endorsing controversial remarks made by suspended Bhartiya Janata Party leader Nupur Sharma about the Prophet Mohammed.
Hours later, in Rajsamand, which is roughly 150 kilometres from Udaipur, Riyaz Akhtari and Gaus Mohammed were detained. They had filmed the murder and boasted about it. Earlier, the Rajasthan Police detained three additional guys, but they have not yet been charged. Mohsin and Asif are the names of the two males that were detained on Thursday night, according to the police.
The police have named the two individuals who were detained on Thursday night as Mohsin and Asif. Soon after taking over as Udaipur IG on Friday, Praful Kumar said that they had been detained for conspiracy and aiding and abetting.
