Bareilly, May 1 -- Necessary legal action will be taken regarding the killing of the 30-year-old cleric, Maulana Tousif Raza Mazhari, the Uttar Pradesh Police said late on Thursday, April 30, after receiving a complaint from the victim's family alleging assault.

Initially, the railway authorities dismissed it as a fatal fall from a moving train when the body was found on Sunday, April 27, near the railway tracks in the Palpur Gate area of Bareilly's Cantt Police Station.

Raza, a resident of Bakhotoli village in Bihar's Kishanganj district, was a madrasa teacher and went to Bareilly for an Urs (death anniversary) event.

Manush Parik, Superintendent of Police (SP), City, Bareilly, said in a video statement that the police arrived at the ...