Lucknow: The prime accused in the murder of Chandan Gupta in western Uttar Pradesh's strife-torn Kasganj town was arrested on Wednesday, police claimed.
"Saleem, the main accused, has been nabbed," IG, Aligarh range, Sanjeev Gupta said. Aged below 30, Saleem, and his two brothers Naseem and Waseem were accused of killing 22-year-old college student Chandan Gupta, police officials said.
The killing had led to further violence last week.
At least three shops, two buses and a car were torched after Gupta died of gunshot wounds. Communal clashes occurred in the town last week following stone-pelting by a mob on a motorcycle rally was taken out to celebrate Republic Day.
Over 150 arrests have been made in connection with the Kasganj violence, the officials said.
"Saleem has admitted that he had opened fire at Chandan," IG Sanjeev Gupta claimed.
While Saleem was hiding in Kasganj, his two accused brothers were yet to be traced, police officials said.
Kasganj SP Piyush Srivastava said notices pertaining to attachment of properties of the accused were posted outside their houses.
District authorities, meanwhile, stopped a Congress delegation in Mirhachi area of Etah, close to Kasganj border.
The delegation was denied permission due to law and order issues, officials said.
Tension still prevailed in a few pockets of the town.
Police said normalcy was slowly returning while the security personnel had intensified patrolling in sensitive areas.
Stray incidents of violence were reported from Kasganj on Tuesday but the situation was by and large peaceful on Wednesday, they said.
The Uttar Pradesh government has sent a report to the Centre giving details of the communal violence in Kasganj, where one person was killed and two others were injured, and the steps taken so far, an official said on Wednesday.
The state government's report contains details about the arrests made by the UP Police and circumstances leading to the death of the lone victim Chandan Gupta.