Closed-circuit television visuals showed three men being detained in Gujarat's Surat in connection with the murder of Kamlesh Tiwari. Tiwari, the founder of Hindu Samaj Party, was killed on October 18, 2019 at his office in Lucknow's Khursheed Bagh. A day after the murder, Lucknow Divisional Commissioner Mukesh Meshram met the family of Tiwari in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur. He said that security would be provided to the victim's family.