A special court in Jaipur on Saturday sent the four accused in the brutal killing of a tailor in Udaipur to the National Investigation Agency's custody till July 12. The four men were allegedly attacked by a group of lawyers in the court during the hearing.
A team of the NIA and the Anti-Terrorism Squad presented the four the accused before the special NIA a court.
Prior to this, a police team from Jaipur took the accused—Riaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad and their accomplices Asif and Mohseen—to the office of the ATS' Special Operations Group.
Akhtari and Mohammad allegedly hacked tailor Kanhaiya Lal to death with a cleaver at his shop on June 28 for extending supporting to now suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, and posted videos online saying they are avenging an insult to Islam.
Additional police force has been deployed at the court as well as in city areas for security reasons.
