Jaipur: Rajasthan Government imposed prohibitory orders and suspended mobile internet service across the State on Tuesday. Chief Secretary Usha Sharma directed officials to suspend mobile internet service in the State for 24 hours and impose section 144 of the CrPC preventing the assembly of more than four people in all districts of the State for a month.

          In view of communal tension following the murder of a tailor in Udaipur, Earlier, a curfew was imposed in seven police station areas of Udaipur from 8 pm on Tuesday till further orders. Usha Sharma chaired a high-level meeting with senior officers, including Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Abhay Kumar, DGP M L Lather and others, to review the situation. Leaves of police and administration officials have also been cancelled.

According to the official statement the Usha Sharma has directed all divisional commissioners, IG of police and District Collectors to take special vigil across the state. She directed all divisional commissioners to block the circulation of the videos of the incident and take action against those found sharing them. An appeal should be made to religious leaders to cooperate in maintaining communal harmony and peace, she added.

Two men with a cleaver murdered the tailor, Kanhaiya Lal, saying in a video post on social media that they are avenging an insult to Islam. The men who allegedly carried out the daylight murder posted three videos online admitting to the crime and were soon arrested. In a video clip, one of the purported assailants declared that they had beheaded the man and went on to threaten Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying their knife will get him as well.

Indirectly, the assailants also referred to Nupur Sharma, the BJP leader suspended from the party over a remark on Prophet Mohammad. Kumar said the situation should be monitored with utmost vigilance and sensitivity in all the districts while Lather directed that police and administration officers should ensure special monitoring to maintain law and order.

Meanwhile, two additional director generals of police, a deputy inspector general of police, a superintendent of police, 30 officers of the Rajasthan Police Service officers and 5 Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (RAC) companies have been sent to Udaipur.