Uttar Pradesh Police believe they have found clothes matching the description of those worn by two male suspects in the murder of Kamlesh Tiwari, the leader of a political group in the state who was killed at his residence in Lucknow on Friday. The clothes, and a few other bags, were recovered from a hotel near Mr Tiwari's residence. Police believe the killers checked into the hotel with their real addresses a night before the killing and came back after the murder to dump their clothes before leaving.
Security camera footage from the hotel shows the alleged killers checking in on Thursday night and leaving on Friday morning, dressed in kurtas and carrying a yellow bag that may have contained the box of sweets allegedly purchased from Surat in Gujarat to help gain admission into Mr Tiwari's home.
Security camera footage from the hotel shows the alleged killers checking in on Thursday night and leaving on Friday morning, dressed in kurtas and carrying a yellow bag that may have contained the box of sweets allegedly purchased from Surat in Gujarat to help gain admission into Mr Tiwari's home.
Police sources also said the suspects, who were captured on CCTV footage from outside Mr Tiwari's home, travelled from Gujarat to Kanpur, which is about 70 kilometres from Lucknow, by train. They then took another train, or a car, to reach the UP capital. Their last-known location, sources added, is somewhere in the National Capital Region. They are still at large
Speaking to reporters on Saturday night, OP Singh, Director-General of Police (UP) said the state had reached out to Anti-Terrorism Squads in Gujarat and Maharashtra to follow up on more clues and evidence. He also said that the woman seen in the CCTV footage mentioned above had been questioned.
On Saturday Kamlesh Tiwari's mother alleging her son was killed by a local politician over a land dispute and his son demanding the case be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Samajwadi Party chief and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has hit out at the BJP-led government in the state, claiming it had failed to protect Kamlesh Tiwari.
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