Udaipur murderer used to attend BJP events, had links with its Minority Morcha Members: Report
Udaipur: Riyaz Attari, the main accused in the murder case of tailor Kanhaiya Lal reportedly used to attend the events organised by the BJP and was associated with a member of the BJP’s Minority Morcha in Rajasthan.
This was revealed by an investigative report published in India Today wherein they claimed Riyaz was in touch with Irshad Chainwala, a member of BJP Minority Morcha, and used to attend events of the party.
India Today in its report claimed they accessed images of Irshad Chainwala welcoming Riyaz after his return from pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in 2019.
“When India Today probed him, he admitted Riyaz used to attend BJP events in Udaipur.” The report added.
“He did. Somebody would accompany him. He attended many events of Gulab Ji (BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria),” Chainwala was quoted as saying by India Today when he was reportedly asked if Riyaz attended BJP events.
“He would come on his own. He said he wanted to work with the party,” Chainwala recounted. But privately, Riyaz was a harsh critic of the BJP. According to Chainwala, he would oppose the party bitterly in private conversations with friends.
Riyaz Attari got into BJP events through a man called Mohammad Tahir, whom Chainwala described as a party worker. The report further added that the efforts of India Today of tracing Tahir were unsuccessful as he was nowhere to be found. It also stated Tahir’s neighbor said he had vacated his rented house and his phone was also switched off.
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Thane court sentences man to life imprisonment for bludgeoning wife to death
Thane (PTI): A court in Maharashtra's Thane district sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of his wife, whom he attacked 22 times with a hammer in front of his children, based on the testimony of his 13-year-old daughter.
Principal district and sessions judge S B Agrawal found the accused, Vijay Mishra alias Samir Shaikh, guilty under sections 302 (murder) and 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The court sentenced him to life imprisonment and a three-year term to be served concurrently. It also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh for the murder charge and an additional Rs 10,000 for injuring his minor daughter and mother-in-law, who had tried to intervene during the fatal attack.
Additional public prosecutor Rashmi Kshirsagar informed that 11 prosecution witnesses, including the accused's daughter, were examined during the trial.
According to the prosecution, the victim, Zarin Israr Ansari, had been living with her mother, along with her daughter and a six-year-old son, for two years following prolonged domestic violence and disputes.
The accused, who had converted to Islam to marry Zarin 14 years prior, harboured deep resentment over her living separately and suspected her character.
On the afternoon of September 28, 2023, the accused stormed into his mother-in-law's residence in Mumbra with a hammer concealed in a bag, cornered his wife on the mezzanine floor, dragged her down, locked the main door, and repeatedly bludgeoned her.
The court defended the testimony of the victim's 13-year-old daughter, who was an eyewitness and had sustained injuries herself, noting that minor inconsistencies do not degrade the core truth of an innocent child's account:
"...they are not of any significant consequence since it is not expected from such a witness of 10 years of age to have a total photographic memory to be reproduced before the court. But as far as the incident is concerned, evidence of this witness is totally free from any reasonable doubt."
The prosecution had also stated that the accused had locked his family inside and threatened a neighbour by brandishing a "bomb-like thing" and declaring he would blow up the building if anyone intervened.
The victim's brother eventually broke down the latched door, disarmed the accused, and pinned him down until the police arrived.
The post-mortem report revealed that the victim had suffered 22 brutal injuries and had died due to severe head wounds.
