A 21-year-old student at Southeast Missouri State University is being held without bond after being caught up in a sting operation in which he allegedly tried to blow up the Federal Reserve building in New York City Wednesday.

A university spokeswoman confirms that that Quazi Nafis was enrolled during the spring semester from January to May.

Spokeswoman Ann Hayes says the Bangladeshi man was pursuing a bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity.

New York authorities said Nafis came to the U.S. on a student visa.

Hayes said Nafis requested a transfer of his records in July. She said the university followed Homeland Security protocol in transferring those records, though she couldn’t say where they were transferred.

His family has appealed to the government of Bangladesh to intervene to get their son back home. They say the suspect is a gentle man, and is incapable of such actions.