The incident sparked tension in the area with the residents of Keshavnagar observing a bandh to condemn the murder and demanding stern action against the killers.
The brothers were booked under the UP Gangsters Act in connection with the murder of the then BJP MLA from Ghazipur, Krishnanad Rai, on November 29, 2005 and the kidnapping-murder of Varanasi-based trader Nand Kishore Rungta in 1997.