Kamlesh Tiwari murder case: Gujarat ATS nabs the two killers near Rajasthan border

Ahmedabad:The Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat, which had solved the case of sensational murder of Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwary, who was brutally killed in his office in Lucknow a few days ago, within 24 hours and arrested 3 conspirators from Surat, has today nabbed the two killers from a place near Shamlaji close to Rajasthan border.

DIG ATS Himanshu Shukla said that Ashfaqhusaain Jakirhussain Shaikh (34), a medical representative by profession and resident of Limbayat in Surat and his aide Moinuddin Khurshid Pathan (27), resident of Umarawada in Surat who worked as a food delivery boy were nabbed on the basis of tip off and technical surveillance.

‘Moinuddin had slit Tiwari’s throat while Ashfaq had shot at him. They both had fled to Nepal after the murder on October 18. But once the money they were having with them finished, they approached their families and acquaintances for further finances. ATS got to know about them on the basis of technical and physical surveillance. The two killers had come to Shahjahanpur in UP from Nepal on the day before yesterday and then came towards Gujarat. They were nabbed when they were entering Gujarat near Shamlaji. During primary investigation they have admitted their crime and said that they killed Tiwari for his purported statements about Prophet Mohamed. They will be handed over to the UP police after completion of due legal procedures,’ Shukla said.

Notably, a reward of Rs 2.5 lakh each was put on the heads of both the killers.

Earlier on October 19, a day after the sensational murder, the ATS had nabbed the three main conspirators and had said that it was trying to nab the two others who had killed Tiwari (45), a former Hindu Mahasabha leader who later formed his own party and had raised a controversy by making remarks against Muslim community and its prophet way back in 2015.

The three conspirators identified as Rashid Pathan (30), Maulvi Mohsin Shaikh (28) and Faizan Member (24), all residents of the same society in Limbayat area of Surat city were later handed over to the UP police.

The two killers had left Surat on October 16 to go to Lucknow and kill Tiwari. The case was solved on the basis of information received from the mobile phone of Tiwari, whom they had called and the clue from the sweetmeat packet of Dharti Sweets in Udhna area of the city which was found from the crime spot in Khurshidbagh of Lucknow.

Way back in 2015 the five had planned to kill Tiwari when he had issued controversial remarks about Prophet Mohamed. But some time later, Rashid went to Dubai and stayed there for two years. After his return he and the four others (including the killers), all of whom seemed to be highly radicalized again started planning the elimination of Tiwari.

Tiwari was hacked, stabbed and shot to death in his office in Khurshidbagh area of Lucknow.

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