The murder created a sensation after the video of the man burning the body went viral

UDAIPUR: A man has been arrested for allegedly killing a labourer brutally and later burning his body.

The accused was on run since the incident came to light.

A labourer's half-burnt body was found near a hotel on the 100 Feet Road in Rajsamand on Wednesday. The incident attracted a lot of attention as a video clip showing a burning body next to a person making threats on 'love jihad' went viral about the same time.

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The police late in the night confirmed that the body is the same as shown burning in the video. The killer was identified as Shambhu Lal .

It is shocking how he killed the man and made a video of it. Accused has been arrested and a special investigation team (SIT) has been set up for investigation in the case: Gulab Chand Kataria, Rajasthan Home Minister on incident in Rajsamand where a man was burnt to death.

The video shows a person killing the labourer with an axe, setting his body on fire and making a threat that "every Indian would resort to something dreadful like this if love jihad' does not end".

A motorcycle and a scooty can also be seen in the video. The way the video has been shot it is apparent that there was a third person shooting it.

District SP Manoj Kumar informed TOI that victim was identified as Afrazul, a native of Malda in West Bengal . He had been working as a labourer in the city. "In the morning we had recovered a body, but it remained unidentified till a video came to light," he said.

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