Eight youths have been arrested under suspicious circumstances near the Ram Janmbhoomi checkpost in Ayodhya, police said here today.
The youths, who were travelling in a car, were stopped near the checkpost around 2am last night, they said.
An ATS team, led by Additional SP Rajesh Sahni, was rushed from Lucknow to question the youths, according to a statement released by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) here.
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The team found that the eight youths were residents of Khalilnagar Basni village in Nagaur district of Rajasthan. They had set out on a pilgrimage on November 15 and were on their way to Kichaucha Sharif in Ambedkar Nagar district.
According to the statement, Nagaur police said the eight youths have no criminal record but the matter was being investigated from all angles.
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