The location where Ramesh was shot is close to Hanuman Garhi. This location is just three hundred meters from Ramesh's residence. The Ayodhya police station is also only half a kilometre from Ramesh's house and the spot where he was shot dead.
BJP MLA Sushil Singh told OpIndia that Mukhtar Ansari got at least 100 of his political opponents killed. It is alleged that these murders continued unabated under the patronage of the Samajwadi Party government.
Arman Khan, the main accused in this case, has been detained by police and is being interrogated. Meanwhile, the police have examined the crime scene. According to the report, the white WagonR used by the attackers had no registration number.