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NSA invoked against killers of Kalmesh Tiwari

Lucknow, June 22 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath government has invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against two persons arrested in connection with the murder of Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari.

According to prison officials, the NSA notice, issued by District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash on Monday, was served to Yusuf Khan and Syed Asim Ali, both of whom are lodged in a Lucknow prison.

Kamlesh Tiwari was shot dead in his Khurshid Bagh residence in Lucknow on October 18 last year.

The Uttar Pradesh Police has already filed a charge sheet against 13 accused in connection with the murder case.

–IANS

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