Kerala: 21-year-old man, arrested under IT Act, interrogated over terror suspicion

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala): A 21-year-old Uttar Pradesh native was arrested by Fort Police, Thiruvananthapuram under certified IT Acts for manhandling a customer's cell phone in a salon on Tuesday.

The proprietor of the salon, a 30-year-old male, has also been taken into custody.

The central intelligence agencies interrogated the accused and moved with further procedures on the suspected terror links.

The incident took place on September 3 when the 21-year-old used the customer's cell number to generate OTP and also added in an Urdu Based foreign extremist group.