Mumbai, April 6 -- Jalaluddin Siddiqui, father of 19-year-old college student Mohammad Hamad Siddiqui, who was arrested here recently in a joint operation by the Delhi Police Special Cell and the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) over an alleged ISIS-linked terror plot, said that his son was not having any criminal record.
Speaking to medipersons here on Monday, he said: "My son is a student, not a criminal," insisting the teenager was focused on studies and had no terror links.His other relatives said the arrest came as a shock and maintained that the materials cited by police were innocuous household items, urging a fair investigation.
Apart from Hamad Siddiqui, two others have been arrested. Mosaib Ahmad (30), alias Sonu alias Kal...