mumbai danish reyaz khan 28 a subeditor with the urdu times daily detained by the antiterrorists squad ats on july 24 for questioning was arrested on sunday night for his alleged association with the banned simi he has been booked under the stringent unlawful activities prevention act uapa and sent to police remand till august 14 danish who hails from patna stayed with his room partner ehtesham siddiqui at saifya manzin in mira road siddiqui was arrested last friday on charges of being a simi member ats chief krish pal raghvuanshi told reporters on monday danish khan used to sell books published by siddiqui we have seized jehadi literature from siddiquiats had seized several books including jehad fi sabilliha crusade in the name of allah jehad fi sabilliha kyun why crusade in the name of allah etc ats also claimed to have seized a book on 25 years of simis struggle it also found the receipts of sales of these books asked how these books were declared as jehadi literature in the remand paper raghuvanshi said we have also seized simi literature contrary to raghuvanshis claim ats did not mention anything about any seizure related to simi literature in the remand paper toi had on sunday reported that these books are being sold in the open market moin ahmed managing editor and partner of the urdu times in a press statement stated danish khan worked with the newspaper as a temporary employee he was an efficient and responsible employee and during his tenure at our organisation we never doubted him on any unlawful activitydanish khan joined the newspaper in april last year on a monthly salary of rs 2500 sources said he would also work at khaireummat trust near bhendi bazaar in the morning after completion of his arabic course from jamiatul falah a semimadrassa in azamgarh in up he took admission in aligarh muslim university but quit since couldnt afford the expenses the police said danish khan was one of simis 10 active members in the city and would sell jehadi literature it is learnt that danish khan would sell books published by siddiqui on a commission of 10 one of the several grounds for seeking danish khans remand was that the police wanted to interrogate him about his iran visit