Prima facie, the incident appears to be a "lone wolf" attack carried out by a radicalised man, who allegedly asked the guards to recite the 'kalma' before stabbing them early on Monday, an officer said. The accused returned to India from the US in 2020 allegedly asked the security guards their religion

During surveillance, Police Sub-Inspector A.P. Parmar received specific intelligence that Irfan Kalekhan Pathan, a resident of Siddhpur in Patan district, was allegedly influenced by extremist Islamic ideology