Overview
- A joint Delhi–Bhubaneswar team arrested a 22-year-old in Bhubaneswar on Friday in a probe into radical content shared online.
- The SDJM court in Bhubaneswar granted transit remand on Saturday, sending the suspect to Delhi for further questioning.
- The Odisha Crime Branch’s Special Task Force was named the nodal agency to coordinate the multi-state investigation with Delhi Police.
- Officers seized a phone, a laptop, and other materials, and they are reviewing chats, social posts, and transactions tied to a +92 Pakistan number.
- Police say the case stems from a Delhi probe into youths sharing extremist material on social and encrypted apps, and no link to a specific attack has been found yet.