UK authorities clear Baba Ramdev after second round of questioning

Yoga guru Ramdev was cleared by UK authorities following a second round of questioning at Heathrow Airport here even as he suspected that the Indian government may have "misguided" British officials leading to his over six-hour detention a day before.

Though UK immigration cleared Ramdev and allowed him to carry on with his programmes in Britain, the yoga guru said he was not given any reason for his detention.

According to sources, his questioning by airport officials was related to him travelling on a visitor's visa instead of a business one.

A day after his detention on arrival, Ramdev returned to Heathrow Airport with British Indian MP Keith Vaz to meet the chief immigration officer. The immigration officer later allowed Ramdev to enter the UK lawfully and carry on with his programmes.

Ramdev alleged that he did not get support from the Indian government and he suspected that the British officials were misguided.

"I am sad to state that my government did not support me. I was told there was a red alert attached to my name, which is only linked with terrorists and criminals. I will wait for full details but I have a doubt that my eight-hour detention yesterday was a result of the Indian government's attempt to misguide the UK immigration department," Ramdev told reporters outside the airport after being cleared.

"While the Indian government may have played a villain's role in this whole episode, Britain's NRI community and Keith Vaz (British-Indian MP) stood by me," he said.

"I thank the UK government that they did not stay misguided for too long," he said, adding that he had not been given any explanation for being detained.

"I have never done anything illegal, immoral or unethical. So I kept asking them to let me know what my fault was. I was not informed about the reasons. But there was no bad behaviour on their part. At one point one of the officials did get angry but I stayed cool so there was no problem," Ramdev said in reference to his detention.

Ramdev is in the UK to chair a series of yoga shivirs and talks organised by the Patanjali Yog Peeth (UK) Trust.

Vaz, who had accompanied the yoga guru from a gathering in Leicester for the meeting, said he would make further inquiries into the reasons behind the hours of questioning.