Two more key accused arrested in Gujarat by ATS in Kamlesh Tiwari murder case

Two prime
suspects accused in the murder of former Hindu Mahasabha chief Kamlesh Tiwari
were on Tuesday arrested by the Anti-terrorism squad (ATS) of Gujarat police
from the state border near Rajasthan. Earlier, six people were arrested from
different parts of the country based on leads provided by the Uttar Pradesh
police.

According to
the Gujarat police, the two arrested were identified as Ashfaqhussain
Jakirhussain Shaikh (34), and Moinuddin Khurshid Pathan (27), both residents of
Surat. The duo was held while attempting to escape from Shamlaji near the
Gujarat-Rajasthan border.

The joint
team by Uttar Pradesh police and Gujarat police were on a lookout for the duo
since the day of the incident.

Officials of
the Gujarat ATS said that while Shaikh worked as a medical representative,
Pathan was a food delivery boy in the state. The two had allegedly entered the
state through Nepal.

Kamlesh
Tiwari was found brutally murdered on Friday afternoon in his Lucknow residence
in Naka Hindola area. He was shot multiple times and also stabbed by
unidentified culpret in broad daylight in Lucknow.

The
previously arrested include three – Maulana Mohsin Sheikh, Rasheed Ahmed Pathan
and Faizan- from Gujarat and two Muslim clerics named by Tiwari’s wife from
Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh. Subsequently, the Maharashtra police arrested
Sayyed Asim Ali, sixth accused, from Nagpur based on intel received by the
joint team.

As per
reports, the suspects were carrying a sweet box for Tiwari on the occasion of
Diwali. Although they were stopped by security guards at the door, they gained
entry inside on Tiwari’s permission. The miscreants spent over 30 minutes
before ultimately stabbing him to death.

Following
the murder, Kamlesh Tiwari’s family demanded an NIA probe, blaming negligence
by local politicians.

“We want the
National Investigation Agency to probe the case. We do not trust anyone. My
father was killed although he had security guards. How can we possibly trust
the administration then?” Kmlesh’s son Satyam Tiwari said.

Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also met the family members of Hindu
Samaj Party leader after his wife threatened to self immolate if their demands
were not met.