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BATHINDA: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday held a Kashmir based student from the Central University of Punjab at Bathinda . Hilal Ahmed (28), who is pursuing M Ed, is alleged to have been arrested due to terror links, but police did not confirm it.

The police took him along to Jammu and Kashmir for further investigation. The arrest is learnt to have been made in a raid conducted in the university.

Police sources said that Ahmed was linked to terror activities and involved in terror funding in Jammu and Kashmir.

Bathinda SSP Nanak Singh confirmed the arrest but did not elaborate upon the reasons behind the same. He said that the J&K Police had an arrest warrant against Hilal Ahmed studying in the Central University. "We only facilitated in executing the warrant but we were not told about the reasons behind his arrest and whether it is a terror-related case," he said.

The Punjab Police has earlier said that terror outfits in the valley have been making attempts to spill over terror activities into neighbouring Punjab.

