(Shutterstock)Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday claimed to have identified the two killers of Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari as Shaikh Ashfaq Hussain and Moinuddin Pathan of Surat, saying they had recovered bloodstained saffron kurtas from the duo’s hotel room in Lucknow. Police sources said CCTV footage showed the duo walking to the hotel shortly after the time Tiwari was shot and stabbed at his office in Lucknow early on Friday afternoon. He said the police had recovered two bloodstained saffron kurtas and bags from the suspects’ hotel room. Tiwari’s killers were in saffron kurtas and jeans, officers had said on Friday. On Saturday, the police arrested two clerics from Bijnore, Anwar-ul-Haq and Naseem Kazmi, who had in 2015 announced a reward for beheading Tiwari over his provocative remark.

Source: The Telegraph October 21, 2019 00:00 UTC