Kanhaiya Lal’s body had 26 injury marks
Udaipur, June 29: Kanhaiya Lal, who was brutally killed by two men here, was cremated on Wednesday in the presence of a large number of people even as curfew remained clamped in parts of the city.
A large number of people gathered at Lal’s home in Sector 14 here and raised slogans after his body was handed over to family members after postmortem.
Soon after, the funeral procession was taken out and more people on motorcycles and cars joined along the way.
People shouted slogans like ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and ‘Kanhaiya Hum Sharminda Hain Tere Katil Jinda Hain’ while others carried saffron flags. Lal, a tailor, was on Tuesday killed by two men who had posted videos online that said they were avenging an insult to Islam.
There were 26 injury marks on the body of Kanhaiya Lal, police sources said on Wednesday. Police sources informed that 26 injury marks were found in the post-mortem conducted on Wednesday morning.
However, it is not clear whether all the injuries were caused by the cleaver, they said.
Multiple injuries were there on the body. They were on the neck, head, hand, back and chest, the sources said.
The incident triggered stray cases of violence in Udaipur and curfew was clamped in seven police station areas of the city.
Locals also expressed sorrow and anger over the incident and demanded that the accused should be hanged.
Some persons also pelted stones and tried to vandalize the gate of a burial ground of the Muslim community near the Ashok Nagar cremation ground. However, the police controlled the situation in time, officials said.
Lal’s wife Jasoda told reporters that Kanhaiya was scared and did not open his shop for six days due to the threat to his life. He was murdered as soon as he opened the shop, she said.
Meanwhile, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan while condemning the killing of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur, on Wednesday called upon the people to oppose such heinous acts.
He said the Muslims do not approve of such acts.