Kolkata, March 27 A 20-year-old man from the Bankura district of West Bengal was arrested by the Telangana Police's special task force (STF) for allegedly having links with a militant organization, an officer said on Friday.
The accused was apprehended during an operation in the Khatra area of West Bengal's Bankura, he said.
"He was picked up from the Kharban Mor locality and subsequently taken to Telangana on transit remand," the police officer said.
"The arrest was carried out based on specific inputs. His possible links with extremist elements and his role are being investigated. All legal procedures were followed, and further investigation is underway," he said.
The operation was conducted with the assistance of the local police and the West Bengal STF, he added.
Police sources said that the accused allegedly had links with an international terror outfit, and was attempting to build a module in Bengal.
Investigators reportedly traced his whereabouts after examining the mobile phones of three arrested militants in Hyderabad, they said.
The man’s mother, however, claimed that he has no links with any militant outfit.
"He is a very calm and well-behaved boy. We cannot believe he is involved in anything like this," she told reporters.