A 22-year-old Indian-origin student has been arrested in the U.S. on charges of arson and terroristic threat against family members, according to official records.
Manojh Sai Lella, a senior at the University of Texas at Dallas, was arrested by Frisco police on Monday (December 22).
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.
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.
