Overview
- Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor in Udaipur, was murdered on June 28, 2022 and the killing was filmed and widely circulated, triggering national outrage.
- The National Investigation Agency took over the case and it is being tried in a special NIA court, a measure used for nationally sensitive matters.
- On June 27, 2026 Ashok Gehlot accused the BJP of exploiting the murder for electoral gain and said only 21 of about 180 witnesses have been recorded so far.
- Gehlot called the slow pace not mere negligence but a deliberate delay and said leaders who raised the case during campaigns no longer mention it.
- Media coverage shows no substantive response from the BJP in these reports, and the stalled trial risks keeping communal tensions and political attacks alive while the victim’s family waits for closure.