Slain UP Hindu leader's family demands NIA probe

October 19, 2019 20:54

The family of Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari who was murdered at his residence in Lucknow on Friday demanded a National Investigation Agency-led investigation in the case.

"We want the National Investigation Agency to investigate the case. We do not trust anyone. My father was killed although he had security guards, how can we possibly trust the administration then?," Satyam Tiwari, son of Kamlesh Tiwari said.

Five people have been detained including three in Gujarat's Surat in connection with the murder of Kamlesh Tiwari, the president of a little-known Hindu outfit, with police saying on Saturday that the suspects were "radicalised" and appeared to have targeted him for his inflammatory remarks made in 2015.

Tiwari was shot dead at his residence by some unidentified persons on Friday afternoon. The family of the victim had said that he had received a threat to his life in 2016. -- ANI

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