India, March 1 -- Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the police to take "strict action" and ensure the assailants who attacked social media influencer Saleem Wastik are arrested at the earliest.

The UP information department said in a statement on Saturday that the CM had stated that "there is no place in the state for those who spread terror or attempt to disrupt law and order."

Wastik was critically injured after two unidentified men barged into his house in Ghaziabad's Ali Garden, stabbed him multiple times, and fled on their motorcycle early Friday morning, police said, adding that they were yet to make an arrest.

50-year-old Wastik is known for sharing his religious views on YouTube. The information departme...