Overview
- District police in East Champaran say they arrested 22-year-old Seraaz Alam near Bisarhiya village and have him in custody on allegations of links to a Pakistan-based network.
- Police allege Alam’s phone contained videos, photographs and 'anti-national reels' that they say relate to terrorist activity.
- Investigators say Alam admitted social-media contact with an intermediary named Ali Gujjar who is alleged to have ties to Pakistan-based figure Shehzad Bhatti.
- Authorities are analysing travel history, social-media activity, call detail records, funding channels and international contacts as they try to trace associates and the network’s reach.
- The account of events is based on police statements carried by a PTI feed and republished by outlets including News18 and the Free Press Journal, and there are no independent verifications or public court filings reported so far.