Tailor killed for supporting Nupur Sharma, curfew in Udaipur

Jaipur: Two men slit the throat of a tailor in Udaipur on Tuesday, saying in a video post on social media that they are avenging an insult to Islam and triggering communal tension in the Rajasthan city. Curfew was declared till further orders in seven police station areas in the city on Tuesday as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot appealed for calm.

The men who allegedly carried out the daylight murder posted videos online admitting to the crime and were taken into custody by police. In a video clip, one of the purported assailants declared that they had beheaded the man and then threatened Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying their knife will get him as well.

Indirectly, the assailants referred to Nupur Sharma, the BJP leader suspended from the party over a remark on Prophet Mohammad. Kanhaiya Lal, the tailor, was recently arrested by the local police over some remarks on social media. The assailants entered his shop posing as customers. As the tailor took the measurements of one of them -- who later identified himself as Riaz - attacked him with a cleaver. — PTI