Kasganj violence: Prime accused in
murder of
Chandan Gupta arrested. Uttar Pradesh Police identified the accused as Saleem Javed. Police teams recovered a pistol and some crude explosives from Saleem's residence during a raid on Saturday night. india Updated: Jan 31, 2018 23:08 IST
It is alleged that the bullets that
killed 22-year-old
Chandan Gupta were fired from Saleem's house.
When Chandan Gupta, 23, left his home in Shivalaya Wali Gali in Kasganj on Friday to take part in Tiranga Yatra on Republic Day, his family members had no idea that they were seeing him for the last time. Chandan was killed in a communal violence that broke out following an altercation between two groups over the shouting of slogans during the yatra.