On October 18 both Ashfaq and Moinuddin were declared wanted for allegedly killing Hindu Samaj Party chief Kamlesh Tiwari in Lucknow.
Lucknow: In a major success, the Gujrat ATS which was accompanying the UP police in the investigation of the Kamlesh Tiwari murder case, has nabbed the two prime accused. The two accused Ashfaq Hussain and Moinuddin Pathan were on run. Earlier they were spotted in Shahjahanpur. The Gujarat ATS arrested them from Gujrat-Rajasthan border.
On October 18 both Ashfaq and Moinuddin were declared wanted for allegedly killing Hindu Samaj Party chief Kamlesh Tiwari in Lucknow. Reportedly, the two accused have confessed to killing Kamlesh Tiwari. According to police, the accused killed Kamlesh Tiwari out of vengeance for his 2015 comment allegedly insulting Prophet Mohammed.
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The police had earlier informed that the two accused had run off to Nepal, but they had to return to India after they ran out of money. They contacted friends and relatives, who were under surveillance. The police were able to track their location and catch them at the Gujarat-Rajasthan border area.
The Gujarat ATS will hand over the accused to UP Police after the due procedure.
In this case, earlier, three accused Maulana Mohsin Shaikh, Faizan and Rashid Pathan were arrested in a joint operation by Gujarat ATS and UP Police and were taken to Uttar Pradesh on transit remand. A court on Tuesday sent the three accused to four days of judicial custody.
On Monday another accused in the case, Sayyed Asim Ali was arrested by Maharashtra ATS from Nagpur.
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