Kushinagar/New Delhi (UP), April 5 The Delhi Police's Special Cell has detained a young man from the Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities and taken him to the national capital, officials said on Sunday.
According to the Uttar Pradesh police, the young man, Rizwan Ahmad, from the Chhawani area of the Padrauna town, came under scrutiny during the investigation of a case registered by the Special Cell.
A 10-member team led by Inspector Nishant Dahiya reached Padrauna late Saturday evening and, with assistance from local police, took Ahmad into custody, a senior UP Police officer said.
The Special Cell also seized his mobile phone, laptop, and other electronic devices for examination.
A Delhi Police source said that they had been tracking Rizwan's movements for some time, and when he was located in Kushinagar, a team was dispatched.
He has been apprehended, and a lot of "incriminating material" has been recovered from him, the source added.
Kushinagar Superintendent of Police Keshav Kumar said that information was being gathered about his family members and contacts, while heightened vigilance had been ordered across the district.
According to the UP Police, Ahmad had gone to Mumbai around a decade ago in search of employment; however, he was jailed in Mumbai from 2017 to 2023 after his name cropped up in another terror-related case. Reportedly, explosives were also recovered from his room at that time, in addition to phone records indicating international calls and links with ISIS.