WATCH: Youth nabbed for JeM links let off, locals insist they're innocent

Three days after being questioned by the Special Cell, four of the suspects were released due to lack of adequate evidence. Six others were let off, while two, including Sajid, are still under arrest.

A mother's cry

Sajid was arrested from outside the nearby Fatima Masjid when he was returning home after offering namaz.

Police claimed that Sajid had burnt his left hand while making IEDs, but his mother had a different story to tell.

"He had a quarrel with his younger sister on Monday night, and in the course of that, boiling milk fell on his hand. And if his hand was burnt with explosives, my house should've blown up with the impact - why didn't it?" she asks.

Mistrust of the media

When Catch tried to talk to Mohsin and Imran, they refused to come on camera.

Imran, 32, who worked as a salesman for a company based in Rohini, Delhi, said: "Media is biased, without knowing the truth, they labelled me a 'terrorist'. Please leave me alone, I don't want to talk to the media. Aap mujhse kuchh aur baat karoge, or kaat-chhaath kar kuch aur dikhaoge (you will have a different conversation with me, and will edit it and show something else."

Mohsin is the 32-year-old father of twin daughters, and used to sell clothes on the street to earn a living. He said: "I am tired of everything, I don't know why these things happened to me. Please don't force me to talk."

Locals back youth

Muhammad Zahid, the imam of the local mosque, said: "If they are making bombs, someone in the neighbourhood or the family would know. Even if a cylinder bursts, the whole area gets to know about it. We don't know what was he making, but how can an explosive blast go unnoticed?"

Raj Kumar, a local property dealer, said: "They even don't have proper food to eat, they used to work as hawkers. I don't think they are involved in any terror activity.

Muhammad Umar, another property dealer, said: "They are daily wage labourers. After the interrogation, they've been let off, but the world is looking at them with suspicion. How will this get rectified?"