Police said that during their stay in Delhi, Hakim's nephew Salman had a tiff with someone. There was even a fight between Hakim and his nephew Nov 21 over that issue. Police claim that Salman shot his uncle.

Senior police officials refused to comment on the matter, and said they would "get back" at an appropriate time.

Other officials said they were busy with the assembly session, and thus were not seized of the matter.