Two door-to-door bed sheet sellers were detained by the Sakinaka police on November 20 for tailing senior Congress leader Arif Naseem Khan, who is contesting the Assembly election from the Chandivli constituency. According to the police, the suspects, who hail from Noida, had started selling bedsheets in Mumbai after experiencing financial difficulties. Neither have a criminal record, the cops said.

During the investigation, the police found that one of the men was mentally unstable. He had started a cutlery business in Noida two years ago but suffered significant losses. He wanted to start a new business and was seeking financial assistance. On election day, he followed Arif Naseem Khan to Powai after receiving information from Khan's office.