US: Businessman arrested at an airport, Sushma Swaraj seeks report

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has sought a report from the Indian Ambassador in the US on the arrest of a Baroda-based businessman at an airport in the American state of North Dakota.

"I have asked for a report from Indian Ambassador in U.S. @IndianEmbassyUS," she tweeted in response to a tweet by the wife of the arrested Indian man.

I have asked for a report from Indian Ambassador in U.S. @IndianEmbassyUS. https://t.co/9Xv09int4S

— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) January 30, 2017

"Sushmaji, my husband Paraman Radhakrishnan is an honest man with a passion for energy conservation," the wife tweeted to the minister.

@SushmaSwaraj Sushmaji, my husband Paraman Radhakrishnan is an honest man with a passion for energy conservation.

— renu (@Nair1209Renu) January 28, 2017

53-year-old Radhakrishnan was taken into custody at the Grand Forks International Airport by police for allegedly making a bomb threat at an airport as he told a travel agent that there was an explosive in his bag. He faces terrorism charges.

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel also sought Swaraj's intervention for the release of Radhakrishnan.