Indian-origin Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury was arrested on March 28, 2023, for firebombing a Madison office building in the US state of Wisconsin in May 2022, according to a statement issued by the US Justice Department.
The 29-year-old Madison resident is charged with one count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive. If convicted, he will face between five and a maximum of 20 years in prison.
Wisconsin Man Charged with Firebombing Building
— National Security Division, U.S. Dept of Justice (@DOJNatSec) March 28, 2023
Defendant Arrested in Boston Todayhttps://t.co/ePg8C7X8Gc
According to the US Justice Department the law enforcement responded to an active fire at an office building in Wisconsin and found a graffiti on one wall that said, “If abortions aren’t safe, then you aren’t either” and, on another wall, a large “A” with a circle around it and the number “1312.” The authorities collected DNA from the scene.
In March 2023, the DNA matched with Roychowdhury’s sample collected from the food he threw in a trash can. Law enforcement arrested him at Boston Logan International Airport.“A date for his appearance in federal court in Madison has not been set," the press statement said.
“According to the complaint, Roychowdhury used an incendiary device in violation of federal law in connection with his efforts to terrorize and intimidate a private organization,” said assistant attorney general Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. “This group of local and federal law enforcement officers has worked, with the federal prosecutors, diligently and creatively to move the investigation forward,” said US Attorney Timothy M O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin.
