Family claims arrested Farooq has no terror link, calls detention a conspiracy Police sources said that anti-India posters had been affixed at a few metro stations in New DelhiAkhtar Hossain, the father of Umar Farooq, at his home on Monday. ADVERTISEMENTHe was arrested at New Town near Calcutta on Sunday in a joint operation by Delhi police and the special task force (STF). The investigators suspect that he had links with terrorist modules operating from Bangladesh and Pakistan against India. Residents of Asintola said Farooq had worked at a local computer centre after completing his higher secondary education. He cannot have any terrorist links.

Source: The Telegraph February 24, 2026 03:30 UTC