Barabanki,

03 Feb (HS): A joint team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the

Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Tuesday arrested a suspect in Barabanki district,

Uttar Pradesh. The young man is suspected of having links to terrorists. The

team did not find any incriminating material during a search of his home.

Barabanki

Superintendent of Police Arpit Vijayvargiya confirmed that the investigation team

had arrived at the Hind Institute in Safedabad, within the city Kotwali area.

Ram Lakhan, a resident of Khor Etmadpur village in the Badosarai police station

area, was detained there. He works at an auto spare parts company in Delhi and

had come to Barabanki two days ago for his cancer-stricken mother's treatment.

Police

said Ram Lakhan is very active on social media. He has a Facebook account

called Ram Lakhan Pasi 3628, which has approximately 6.3 thousand

followers. He recently shared a post mentioning a visit to Maharaja Chhita

Pasi's fort in Sitapur on February 2. Investigating agencies are also

investigating this aspect.

Shivam,

younger brother of the arrested suspect Ram Lakhan, said that his mother, who

is suffering from cancer, is undergoing treatment at Hind Institute. Father

Jhamman and brother Ram Lakhan were present with the mother in the hospital,

when the team from outside took the brother with them. The team present in six

vehicles reached the village and searched the house for about half an hour with

the help of machines, but no objectionable item was recovered. According to the

villagers, Ram Lakhan's father Jhamman is getting his wife treated by

mortgaging 8 bighas of land out of 16 bighas. The family is going through

financial crisis.

Barabanki's

Superintendent of Police confirmed the arrest and said raids were conducted in

Khor Etamadpur village and the Hindu Institute of Medical Sciences in

Badosarai. Ram Lakhan is suspected of having terrorist connections. ATS and NIA

teams are interrogating him in Lucknow. A local police investigation is also

underway.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi