It was earlier reported that the three have been identified as Shamim Pathan, Faizan Pathan and Mohsin Sheikh and one of them is said to be a Maulana.

The authorities are also said to have identified two shooters who executed the crime, they are currently on the run.

The police officials managed this breakthrough after scanning the faces of the two shooters which were matched with another footage recovered from a sweet shop in Surat.

A radical Islamist organisation which calls itself Al Hind Brigade has taken responsibility for the gruesome murder of Hindu leader Kamlesh Tiwari.