Indian-Origin Student Arrested In US For Arson, Terroristic Threat

New Delhi: Frisco Police in the US arrested a 22-year-old Indian-origin student on charges of arson and terroristic threat against family members, officials said.

The accused Manojh Sai Lella, a senior at the University of Texas at Dallas, was arrested by police reportedly on the basis of a complaint lodged against him earlier this week.

Police responded to Lella’s home after family members reported a mental health episode and alleged threats. Authorities said he allegedly tried to set the home on fire several days earlier, reported PTI.

Lella faces arson with intent to damage a habitat or place of worship, a first-degree felony, and terroristic threat of a family/household member, a Class A misdemeanour. Police stressed there is no evidence of a threat to a place of worship. Bond was set at USD 100,000 and USD 3,500, respectively, according to the documents.

Last week week, the US border patrol agents arrested 30 Indian nationals, who were allegedly living illegally in America and operating semitrucks with commercial driver's licenses. "Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector in California arrested 49 illegal immigrants with commercial driver’s licenses during vehicle stops at immigration checkpoints and in interagency operations," the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a statement.

Between November 23 and December 12, agents apprehended 42 illegal individuals operating semitrucks with commercial driver’s licenses while travelling on interstate or traversing immigration checkpoints. Of those arrested, 30 were from India, two were from El Salvador, and the remainder were from China, Eritrea, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Russia, Somalia, Turkey, and Ukraine. (With PTI inputs)

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