Murder of Kanhaiya Lal

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On 28 June 2022, Kanhaiya Lal Teli, a Hindu tailor, was murdered by two Muslim men, Mohammad Riyaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad, in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. The attackers filmed the killing and subsequently circulated a video of it online. The killing followed a controversial social media post concerning Nupur Sharma, a former Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson whose remarks about the Prophet Muhammad had sparked the 2022 Muhammad remarks controversy. According to Lal's complaint to the police, the controversial post had been shared on Facebook inadvertently by his son, who was playing a game on his mobile phone, and Lal said that he was not aware of the post. According to reports, the assailants entered Lal's tailor shop pretending to be customers before attacking and killing him. They recorded the assault and subsequently uploaded a video online. In a subsequent video, the two men identified themselves and claimed responsibility for the killing while displaying the weapons used in the...

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