A court in Rajasthan today sent Shambhulal Regar, accused of hacking a Muslim migrant labourer to death, burning his body and filming the barbaric act in Rajsamand on December 6, to police custody for two days.
Regar was produced in the court today.
The court sent him to police custody till December 22, IG (Udaipur Range), Anand Shrivastav, said.
Regar, 36, had hacked Mohammed Afrazul to death and burnt the body on December 6.
Afrazul had migrated to Rajsamand from West Bengal for work.
Regar had roped in his 14-year-old nephew to film the killing. Regar posted videos of the killing with inflammatory and communal comments to defend the act.
Meanwhile, three persons were arrested and additional police forces were rushed to Rajsamand last evening as tension simmered after the district administration razed an illegal temple structure at Tarsingda village the night before.
Angry residents torced a car and a shop, police said.
Shrivastava said the situation was under control and no violence was reported today.
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