New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The Congress on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Central government over the release of US national Matthew Aaron Van Dyke, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in March this year in connection with an alleged terror-training case linked to Myanmar.

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh, in a post on X, questioned the circumstances leading to VanDyke's release and demanded accountability from the Centre.

Listing a timeline of events, Ramesh said VanDyke was among a group of foreign nationals arrested by the NIA on March 13 on charges of conspiring to carry out terrorist activities against India, and that the agency had told a special court on March 16 that the accused had allegedly confessed to a...