NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested a seventh accused in the case pertaining to the killing of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiyya Lal Teli, purportedly after he made some social media posts in favour of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
Farhad Mohammad Sheikh @ Babla, aged 31 years and a resident of Diwan Sah Colony in Udaipur, Rajasthan was a close criminal associate of one of the main accused in the case, Riyaz Attari, and played an active part of the conspiracy to kill Kanhaiyya, the NIA said on Sunday.
The case pertains to hacking of Kanhaiyya to death by two accused at his shop in Maldas Street, Udaipur late last month. The accused persons had circulated a video of the criminal act on social media, claiming responsibility for the murder “in order to trigger panic and strike terror among the masses across the country,” NIA had stated while re-registering the FIR that was originally registered at Dhanmandi police station.
NIA was brought in to probe the likely national and international linkages of the case.
Before Farhad’s arrest, six accused persons were arrested in the case on June 29, July 1 and 4t.
Further investigations in the case are in progress.
Farhad Mohammad Sheikh @ Babla, aged 31 years and a resident of Diwan Sah Colony in Udaipur, Rajasthan was a close criminal associate of one of the main accused in the case, Riyaz Attari, and played an active part of the conspiracy to kill Kanhaiyya, the NIA said on Sunday.
The case pertains to hacking of Kanhaiyya to death by two accused at his shop in Maldas Street, Udaipur late last month. The accused persons had circulated a video of the criminal act on social media, claiming responsibility for the murder “in order to trigger panic and strike terror among the masses across the country,” NIA had stated while re-registering the FIR that was originally registered at Dhanmandi police station.
NIA was brought in to probe the likely national and international linkages of the case.
Before Farhad’s arrest, six accused persons were arrested in the case on June 29, July 1 and 4t.
Further investigations in the case are in progress.
