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A Hindu tailor was beheaded in India’s western Udaipur city by two cleaver-wielding Muslim men in a religious killing that has sparked communal tension in surrounding areas.
The murder occurred on Tuesday and comes as the country faces a surging wave of religious polarisation.
Mobile internet services were suspended across the Rajasthan state for 24 hours, a curfew was imposed for a month in several areas to clamp down on gatherings, and an additional 600 police officials were deployed in anticipation of violent clashes.
The victim, a man named Kanhaiya Lal, was stabbed multiple times by the two men who then allegedly beheaded him in his shop.
The two suspects, identified as Gaus Mohammed and Riyaz Akhtari, were arrested on Tuesday evening by police.