2 Days After Hindu Leader Kamlesh Tiwari's Murder, Cops Recover Clothes Matching CCTV Suspects

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh police claim to have found the clothes allegedly worn by the suspects in the murder of Hindu leader Kamlesh Tiwari, who was killed at his residence on Friday.

Police said the clothes and a bag were recovered from a hotel near Tiwari's house in Lucknow. The two men seen in the CCTV footage are believed to have changed their clothes at the hotel before fleeing.

Police added that the killers travelled from Gujarat to Kanpur and then took another train or a car to reach Lucknow. The last-known location of the two men is somewhere in the National Capital Region.

"We have contacted Gujarat and Maharashtra ATS. Our team has also spoken to the woman who was seen in the CCTV footage. All aspects of the case are being probed," OP Singh, Director-General of Police (UP), told reporters on Saturday night.

On Saturday, Tiwari's mother alleged that he was killed by a local politician over a land dispute while his son demanded the case be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

"No one asked me what I feel, who I suspect. He (local politician) got my son killed. He is a land mafia. We had a dispute over a temple land," Kusum Tiwari, the mother, said.

Meanwhile, Tiwari's family met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday. Tiwari's mother, his wife, and three sons spent some 30 minutes with the chief minister at his official residence in Lucknow.

Adityanath had termed the murder "an act of mischief to create terror", adding such incidents will not be tolerated and those involved will not be spared.

"In this case, five people have been taken into custody. Of these, three have been taken into custody in Gujarat and two in Uttar Pradesh. A Special Investigation Team has been constituted to probe it," he said.

"The elements who create an atmosphere of fear and terror in the state will be strongly dealt with and their plans crushed. This type of incident will not be tolerated, and those involved will not be spared," he said.