Udaipur murder is terror case; not communal violence: Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday (June 30) said that the brutal murder of a tailor in Udaipur was a terror case and not of communal violence between communities.
In a series of tweets posted on his Twitter account, Gehlot said that the Udaipur murder had shocked the entire nation.
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“The Udaipur incident shocked the entire nation. The manner in which the murder was committed is a heinous crime. We took immediate, prompt action and caught both of them, handed over the case to the Special Operations Group (SOG) and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and found out overnight those belonging to international organisations. This is a terrorism-related incident,” Gehlot tweeted.
“It is now clear that this is a terror case and not a case of communal violence between communities,” he added.
उदयपुर की घटना ने पूरे देश को हिलाकर रख दिया जिस तरीके से हत्या की गयी वो जघन्य अपराध है।हमने तत्काल, त्वरित कार्रवाई करते हुए दोनों को पकड़ लिया, SOG ATS को केस दे दिया और रातभर में ही पता लगा लिया अंतर्राष्ट्रीय संगठनों से संबंधित है ये घटना,मायने हैं आतंकवाद से संबंधित घटना है pic.twitter.com/kZ9muNmvI4
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) June 30, 2022
He also assured that no criminal would be spared. “I want to assure you that no criminal will be spared irrespective of any religion or community,” he said in a tweet.
Gehlot hoped that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) which is probing the case, takes quick action and justice is delivered soon.
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“The cases which have been registered under UAPA in the name of terrorism, after that NIA has taken up the case, now SOG will give full cooperation to them. The scope of NIA is big, national, international, whenever such an incident happens, in the same form of terrorism, it tries in many ways how we reach to the bottom of the case.
“I hope the NIA takes quick action and gets them punished as soon as possible, this is the expectation of the entire state and I understand that the whole country wants it. The anger that has arisen in the hearts about this incident, every citizen wants speedy justice, speedy action and punishment at the earliest,” he tweeted.
मुझे उम्मीद है NIA त्वरित कार्रवाई करके जितनी हो उतनी जल्दी सजा दिलवाए इनको, ये अपेक्षा पूरे प्रदेशवासियों की और मैं समझता हूं पूरे देशवासी चाहते हैं। इस घटना को लेकर जो आक्रोश दिलों में पैदा हुआ है हर नागरिक चाहता है त्वरित न्याय मिले,त्वरित कार्रवाई हो और जल्द से जल्द सजा मिले।
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) June 30, 2022
Gehlot will meet family members of the victim on Thursday even as the curfew continued in Udaipur.
He will be accompanied by the minister of state for home Rajendra Yadav, chief secretary Usha Sharma, DGP ML Lather and other senior officials, a PTI report said quoting official sources.
प्रदेशवासियों से मेरी अपील.. pic.twitter.com/2Tsy2anEmp
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) June 30, 2022
At the same time, members of Hindu outfits are planning to take out a rally from Town Hall to the Collectorate in protest against the gruesome murder.
The call of the rally has been given by ‘Sarv Samaj’.
Heavy deployment of police is there in Udaipur for maintaining law and order and two Additional Director Generals, one Deputy IG and other senior officials are camping in the city to monitor the situation.
Also read: Curfew in Udaipur after tailor’s murder; two arrested
Forty-seven-year-old tailor Kanhaiya Lal, who extended support to suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on her comments on Prophet Muhammad, was brutally murdered by two Muslim men at his shop on June 28.
The men filmed the murder on camera and posted it online. The incident sparked protests and prompted the suspension of internet services in Rajasthan.
(With inputs from agencies)
