Dehradun, April 10 -- A 29-year-old man from Uttarakhand's Premnagar area was arrested for allegedly engaging in anti-national and terror-related activities, with police claiming he was in contact with Pakistan-based handlers who tasked him with sharing visuals of key locations and planning attacks in Dehradun.

The Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF), in a joint operation with Dehradun police under 'Operation Prahar', arrested Vikrant Kashyap, a resident of Jhajra in Premnagar, on the intervening night of April 9 and 10. They seized an illegal .32 bore pistol, seven live cartridges, and a spray paint can from him.

Kashyap, who had stayed in Punjab's Nabha for the last two years, worked in truck body fabrication.

According to senior su...