The Rajasthan police has said that the Shambulal Regar, the man who was caught on camera hacking a Muslim man to death, had illicit relations with the woman he referred to as his ‘Hindu sister’ and the love Jihad was just a mask behind his real motives.

According to an Indian Express report, Regar allegedly took the woman to one of his acquaintances, a bank manager and asked her to make ‘him happy’.

According to the charge sheet filed by the Rajasthan police, Regar may have raised the whole ‘love jihad’ claim to cover the real motive behind the murder, which was anger over the fact that the woman was still in contact with a labourer from West Bengal called Ballu Sheikh, with whom she had reportedly eloped in 2010.

The police also claim that they have recovered a diary in which Regar had written all the remarks he used in the video. DNA had access to the video, but did not share it because of its inflammatory nature.

The news of the murder sent shock waves worldwide after the a viral video was rapidly circulated on social media.

The video showed Shambulal killing Mohammed Afrazul, a labourer from West Bengal with a sickle and subsequently dousing the corpse with kerosene before setting it ablaze has shocked those who have watched it.

In the video, Raigar can be seen saying, “Jihadis should leave the country, or else they will meet the same fate.”

Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria on Thursday termed the video of a man being burnt alive over alleged love-jihad case in Rajsamand as gut wrenching and assured stringent action against the perpetrator.

The home minister told ANI: ‘The video is gut-wrenching. Strict action will be taken against him (the perpetrator) once caught."

"Despite knowing the consequences, he made the video viral," said Kataria.

The incident came to light after the perpetrator of the crime allegedly filmed the incident on Dev heritage road in Rajnagar area of Rajsamand and uploaded it on social media yesterday.

The minister said a special investigation team (SIT) has been set up to probe the case.