The sleuths of Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) are camping in Udaipur to interrogate the two accused involved in the killing of a tailor inside his shop last Tuesday.
The tailor was beheaded for his post on social media in support of controversial comments made by suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nupur Sharma against the Prophet of Islam.
ADG, UP ATS, Naveen Arora, said an ASP of ATS had been sent to Udaipur to interrogate the accused Mohammad Riaz and Ghaus Mohammad to find out whether they had their accomplices in Uttar Pradesh. However, both were shifted to Ajmer high-security jail before the UP ATS team reached Udaipur on Thursday.
Arora said that they "fear that the accused of Udaipur incident or any of their fundamentalist organisations have instigated the youth in UP too", while referring to the recent violent protests in the state against Sharma's controversial remarks.
The UP ATS will investigate the call detail records and social media accounts of the accused, Arora said.
According to sources, a 10-member team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) will interrogate both the accused.
Riyaz and Ghouse had entered a tailoring shop in Udaipur in broad daylight on June 28 and hacked Kanhailal to death with a cleaver for his post in support of suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nupur Sharma on her controversial comments against the Prophet of Islam.