 An official of AMU said that relations between the two rival factions belonging to Azamgarh and Sambhal regions were distressed.Rapid Action Force was later deployed at all sensitive spots to ensure safety during the entrance test for the engineering college which was scheduled to happen the next day with more than 13,000 candidates expected to attend the examination at the Aligarh centre.On 24 April, Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), Daljeet Singh Chaudhary said that the police had identified the perpetrators responsible for the violence at the AMU campus.