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DARK SECRETS: Nia probe ordered after amravati shop owner likely killed for supporting nupur sharma | Rare Historical Photos

Amit Shah directs NIA to take over Amravati 'barbaric' killing

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the probe into the brutal killing of Maharashtra's Amravati-based shop owner Umesh Kolhe on June 21, after he wrote a post in support of Nupur Sharma on Facebook.

Home Minister's Office (HMO) made the announcement through its Twitter handle as the matter was similar to the Udaipur case in which a tailor Kanhaiya Lal Teli was killed in broad daylight by two men.

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