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This story is from July 11, 2022

Udaipur killing: NIA arrests seventh accused, a snacks seller, in Kanhaiya case

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.
Udaipur killing: NIA arrests seventh accused, a snacks seller, in Kanhaiya case
NEW DELHI/UDAIPUR: 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 Udaipur, was a close associate of one of the main accused in the case, Riyaz Attari, and played an active part in the conspiracy to kill Kanhaiyya, the NIA said on Sunday.
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Sources said the accused ran a pushcart selling snacks.
Sheikh’s name cropped up when an NIA team arrived in Udaipur last week to examine Lal’s shop in the Bhoot Mahal area. The team also examined different places associated with the suspects to search for evidence.
The case pertains to hacking of Kanhaiyya to death by two accused at his shop last month. The accused 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 a police station in Udaipur.
While the NIA has accused Shiekh of being an “active part of the conspiracy,” sources also suspect that he may have also played some role in threatening another businessman in Udaipur. The initial probe had hinted that a businessman was being recced and followed after his remarks on social media, which raised the possibility there were other targets on their watchlist.
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