According to police, Akhtar was active on social media, allegedly promoting the banned organisation through inflammatory posts and audio clips featuring JeM chief Masood Azhar. (Source: File/ Representational)

The Mahim police in Mumbai Thursday arrested a 33-year-old perfume seller and Rapido rider for allegedly maintaining links with a Pakistan-based intelligence operative and sharing audio clips of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar on Telegram. The accused, Mohammad Hasan Abu Sarmad Akhtar, also allegedly posted inflammatory social media comments aimed at promoting communal hatred.

Akhtar, a native of Bihar who has lived in Mumbai for nearly a decade, was produced in court on Friday and remanded to police custody for four days for further investigation.

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The arrest followed confidential intelligence indicating that Akhtar was in contact with a Pakistani intelligence operative.…