UP DGP OP Singh claimed that prima facie, the murderers of Kamlesh Tiwari appeared to have been 'radicalized by the comment he made' on Prophet Muhammad in 2015.
Gujarat ATS had arrested three persons named Faizan Pathan, Khurshid Ahmed Pathan and a Maulvi named Mohsin Sheikh in connection with the murders. Khurshid is also stated to be a computer expert.
Uttar Pradesh ATS has confirmed that Maulana Anwar-ul-Haq and Mohammed Mufti Naeem Kazmi have been detained and are being interrogated for their role in the murder of Kamlesh Tiwari
Gujarat ATS has arrested 3 persons, named Shamim Pathan, Faizan Pathan and Mohsin Sheikh in connection to Kamlesh Tiwari's murder. Sheikh is a Maulvi by profession.
Wife of Kamlesh Tiwari has now filed an FIR against three people including Maulana Anwarul Haq, the head Imam of Jama Masjid in Bijnor, who had once offered Rs 51 lakh to behead Kamlesh Tiwari
Times Now reported that the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary of Home Ministry had confirmed that both ISIS terror angle and bounty hunting angles were ruled out in Kamlesh Tiwari murder, a TOI journalist contested the claim