A team investigating the Bari Imam bombing claimed that it had tightened the noose around Chota Asif and Bara Usman, member of outlawed religious outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and masterminds of the suicide attack, and maintained that they would be arrested in a couple of days. Islamabad and Punjab Police made raids in Jhang and Multan districts to apprehend the two masterminds of the plan.