India, May 28 -- A special court hearing cases under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) has granted the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) an additional 45 days to file its charge sheet against 21-year-old engineering student Ayan Shaikh, arrested in March over his alleged links to banned outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed and Islamic State through Telegram groups.

Special judge Chakor S Baviskar partly allowed the ATS plea seeking an extension to file the charge sheet beyond the statutory 90-day period, observing that the probe involved "huge digital data", pending forensic analysis and a "foreign nexus".

Shaikh, a computer science engineering student from Mumbai, was arrested by the ATS in March following raids in Kurla, Govand...