Fifth suspect held for Udaipur tailor’s murder | India News

JAIPUR: The NIA has arrested 30-year-old Udaipur resident Mohammad Mohsin, the fifth man to be taken into custody for the beheading of tailor Kanhaiya Lal Sahu within the Rajasthan metropolis on June 28. Mohsin was produced earlier than a particular NIA court docket in Jaipur on Tuesday and despatched to police custody until July 12.
Sources mentioned Mohsin was picked up for allegedy serving to Mohammad Gaus and Mohammad Riyaz, who have been captured on the day of the crime once they have been fleeing on a motorbike by Rajsamand district, north of Udaipur.
Suspected “co-conspirators” Mohsin Khan and Asif have been held later for allegedly reconnoitring the tailor’s store.
“Mohsin’s identify cropped up throughout questioning of the opposite 4 arrested males,” mentioned an officer. He was mentioned to be related to a butcher’s store in Udaipur. “The extent of his involvement within the homicide will solely be confirmed after interrogation,” the officer mentioned.
A number of extra suspects are on the radar of investigation companies. Investigators are poring over on-line actions of the accused, particularly social media teams the place they allegedly posted radical messages. They’re looking for out the place the ugly movies of Sahu’s beheading have been uploaded first.
Gaus and Riyaz have been held on the premise of 1 such video through which they admitted to killing Sahu for supporting ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s controversial remarks in opposition to the Prophet. Investigators have been additionally trying on the extent of affect on-line content material of Pakistani radical teams had on the suspects, because it has been discovered that they used to look at such movies frequently.