India, April 28 -- The Naya Nagar police on Monday arrested a 31-year-old United States-returned man for a knife attack that injured two security guards in Mira Road. The police said the accused, who returned to India in 2019 after 19 years in the United States, was arrested within three hours of the 4 am attack.

The case was transferred to the Thane unit of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) after allegations surfaced that the accused stabbed the two guards because they refused to recite a religious verse.The ATS is verifying the veracity of the allegations made by some right-wing leaders, and also the accused's background.

According to the police, the accused, Jaib Ansari, attacked the victims, Rajkumar Mishra and Subroto Sen,...