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American detained with knife at IGI, no proof of terror links

A 61-year-old American national was detained last night, minutes before he was to board a Qatar-bound flight, after a knife was found in his hand baggage.

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An American citizen was detained at the Indira Gandhi International airport here after a knife was found in his hand baggage, but his questioning by security agencies has not unearthed any terror links so far.

Winston Marshall Carmichael (rpt) Winston Marshall Carmichael, a convert from Christianity to Islam, had a tourist visa to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh and came here from Pakistan. He was detained minutes before he was to board a Qatar-bound flight last night.

The knife concealed between a herbal plant 'Shilajit' and recovered by CISF from the hand baggage of Carmichael was of 4.3 by 1.5 inches which is too small to be considered in the category of a weapon, official sources said.

Udayan Banerjee, DIG of CISF which mans airport security, said they decided to hand over Carmichael to Delhi Police after he denied that he was carrying any sharp object.

Sources privy to the investigation have said so far nothing has come to light which can link Carmichael with any terrorist activity and chances of him being released are quite high.

However, they said anything about his release could only be confirmed after his questioning gets over.

They said it was Carmichael's second visit to India. His first visit was in the month of October last year and in between he had visited Bangladesh as well.

Carmichael has been kept at the Lampur detention centre in Narela where officials of intelligence agencies and Foreigners Regional Registration Office are questioning him.

Officials were trying to find out if he had any links with terror suspects David Headley and Tahawwur Rana, held by FBI last year, but nothing of that sort has surfaced so far, the sources said.

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