Ghaziabad: Police have identified the second suspect in the stabbing of YouTuber and businessman Saleem Wastik in Loni as Ghulfam, the brother of Zeeshan, who was shot dead in an encounter on Sunday night.DCP (rural) Surendra Nath Tiwari said cops tracked the assailants through CCTV footage. “With the help of CCTV cameras, police identified the faces of both accused, and first identified one person as Zeeshan,” he said. Zeeshan was killed on Sunday night during an encounter in which two head constables suffered bullet injuries. Police said one of Zeeshan’s associates escaped in the dark.Tiwari said Ghulfam accompanied Zeeshan during the attack last week. “Ghulfam also went with Zeeshan with the intent to kill Saleem. Ghulfam was riding the bike and Zeeshan was riding pillion when they went to attack the YouTuber,” he said, adding that police are still verifying whether Ghulfam was present with Zeeshan during the gunfight on Sunday night.Police on Monday announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for information leading to Ghulfam’s arrest. “More than five teams have been formed to nab him. Police conducted raids at several places in Delhi-NCR and at his house in Amroha, but he was not present,” the DCP said.A senior officer said a gun recovered from Zeeshan was “made in Italy”, and police are investigating how he obtained it. The officer said the two were believed to have been angered by Wastik’s “ideology”, and that they watched extremist videos before the attack. Zeeshan’s phone has been sent for forensic examination.
