Aditya Anand, on whom a reward of Rs 1 lakh had been announced, was arrested at a railway station in Tiruchirappalli after a multi-state search operation.
Uttar Pradesh ministers claimed there was a strong whiff of a larger conspiracy and alleged the involvement of anti-national forces in fomenting trouble by inciting violent protests.
UP Labour Minister Anil Rajbhar said that “links to handlers in Pakistan” were also being probed in light of recent terror-related arrests in the region.