India, March 6 -- The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a 22-year-old engineering student from Govandi for allegedly being in contact with a Pakistan-based sympathiser of the banned terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and circulating videos of its founder Masood Azhar.

According to ATS officials, the accused Ayan Shaikh, who studies at a college in Navi Mumbai, was apprehended following searches conducted at three locations in Govandi, Shivaji Nagar and Kurla based on specific intelligence inputs. Electronic devices belonging to the students were seized and sent for analysis.

"During the examination of the devices, we found that Shaikh had been in contact with sympathisers of Jaish-e-Mohammed. Videos of the outfit's f...