Tailor killers linked to terror gang, not group: NIA

June 30, 2022 17:31

One of the men accused of beheading a tailor

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) which has taken up the case of the brutal murder of a tailor in Udaipur says the accused will be presented in court tomorrow.

"Riyaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad, the accused in the brutal murder of a tailor, will be presented in a special NIA court in Jaipur by 5 pm today or tomorrow. They will be questioned in Rajasthan and not brought to Delhi. "Some media reports about the links of the two accused with some terrorist outfit is based on speculation. Preliminary inquiry suggests that there may not be any terrorist group involved in the murder but a terror gang," the NIA said.

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