New Delhi, March 19 -- India arrested seven men late last week on charges of conspiring to carry out terrorist activities against India. Among those seven was a US "freedom fighter", Matthew Aaron VanDyke, who has been accused of leading a group of Ukrainians to carry out the terror plot.

According to the Indian Express (IE), VanDyke was detained at Kolkata airport on Friday, three Ukrainians were detained at Lucknow airport, and three other Ukrainians were detained at Delhi airport the same day.

The men are currently in the custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Matthew Aaron VanDyke is a 45-year-old American who was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1981.

On his website, VanDyke said that he completed his political scienc...