'Hang his killers': Murdered Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal's family tells Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

Udaipur: The family of Kanhaiya Lal, the tailor who was brutally murdered by two men for avenging insult to Islam, on Thursday demanded justice for the deceased and the strictest punishment for his killers, saying they should be hanged. The family said this to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who along with the state's top officials and Congress MLAs visited them at their home in Udaipur. 

He also handed over a cheque of Rs  51 lakh to the family as compensation.

Speaking to the media after his visit, Gehlot said he would speak to Home Minister Amit Shah as well and request that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) complete its probe in the case within a month. This is a heinous murder that has shaken not just the state but the entire country, he said and went on to commend the state police for swiftly arresting the accused and finding out their international links. 

Our police did a good job; arrested accused & found international links, which is why NIA came into the picture... We'll appeal to take this case via fast track. We want NIA to be time-bound & punish the guilty within a month. We'll cooperate with them: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot pic.twitter.com/2kXn6OKc70

— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) June 30, 2022

The victim's son said the Chief Minister has assured the family that they will get state protection. He demanded that the killers be hanged. 

We have demanded security. My father was not provided security but we should be provided. We have been assured of the same. The culprits should not be given anything less than a death sentence: Yash, son of Kanhaiya Lal who was beheaded on June 28 by two men in Udaipur, Rajasthan pic.twitter.com/9JmmVpfQON — ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) June 30, 2022

"Nothing less than that, the accused must be hanged to death," he said. The Chief Minister informed us that two cops have been suspended for negligence and action might be taken against others as well, he said. 

"They have even lived in Karachi for 45 days, there's a link," he said, as relatives around the son tried to dissuade the media from questioning him saying the community leaders will answer questions as the son is just a boy. 

As outrage spirals over Kanhaiya Lal's murder, stone-throwing erupted briefly today during a protest march by hundreds in Udaipur. The riot police moved in to control the crowds.

Lal, a tailor, was on Tuesday killed by two men who had posted videos online that said they were avenging an insult to Islam. The incident triggered stray cases of violence in Udaipur and a curfew was clamped in seven police station areas of the city.

Lal was cremated on Wednesday in the presence of a large number of people. Heavy deployment of police has been made in Udaipur to maintain law and order and two Additional Director General, one Deputy IG and other senior officials are camping in the city to monitor the situation, officials said.

Thousands of people on Thursday took part in a protest rally here against the gruesome murder of Lal. The 'Sarv Hindu Samaj' rally was called by Hindu organisations and was held peacefully from the Town Hall to the collectorate with the permission of the district administration.

(With Agency Inputs)