Udaipur killing accused Riyaz Attari crafted six butcher knives for committing crime

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Investigations into ISIS style Udaipur killing of tailor Kanhaiya Lal by Islamists has revealed that the two main accused, Ghous Mohammed and Riyaz Attari, had used two of the six knives crafted by the latter for committing the savage crime. The police interrogation of the accused revealed that Attari had crafted six large knives for Bakri-Eid festival on June 9 and had left them with a local butcher named Mohsin Murgewala.

Mohsin has since been arrested by the police even as the NIA and the internal security agencies have been able to unravel the murder conspiracy including the day the decision was taken to take revenge on the hapless tailor for supporting Nupur Sharma.

On June 28, the two followers of Karachi based Dawat-e-Islami picked up two knives from Mohsin’s shop and proceeded to commit the savage crime. The remaining four knives have been recovered at the instance of Mohsin, who is part of this self-radicalized module.

Investigations have revealed that it was petty trader Ghous Mohammed who volunteered to kill Kanhiya Lal. Ghous Mohammed along with two others had travelled to Dawat-e-Islami (DeI) headquarters in Karachi to have a “deedar” of leader Ilyas Qadri. Ghous has also travelled to Saudi Arabia twice for Umrah and practices Barelvi Islam. The two other accomplices of Ghous who went with the petty trader to Karachi have also been traced and will be called for questioning.

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