The Uttar Pradesh police on March 21 arrested Javed, the co-accused in the double murder in which his brother Sajid had allegedly killed two minor boys in Budaun a couple of days back.
The police said that Javed claimed to have no involvement in the crime and informed that Sajid had mental illness since childhood, which gradually developed into anger issues. Soon after the deaths came to light, Sajid was gunned down in a police encounter.
The double murder led to communal tensions in the area as a mob gutted shops belonging to the Muslim community. A heavy police force was deployed in the area to maintain law and order.
