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The Hindu
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Sandeep Phukan

Vote-bank politics delaying Kanhaiya Lal murder case trial, says Shah in Rajasthan

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot got into a war of words on June 30 after Mr. Shah claimed that the accused in the Kanhaiya Lal murder case would have been hanged by now had the Congress government in the State set up a special court to try the case.

Lal, a tailor, was brutally killed in Udaipur in June 2022, for allegedly insulting Islam. The NIA filed a chargesheet against 11 accused in the case in December.

Hitting back at Home Minister, Mr. Gehlot accused the Home Minister of “lying” and said “people in responsible positions should not politicise terrorism”. He alleged that the killers of Lal were active members of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

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