US national held at Delhi airport for suspected terror links

New Delhi: A US citizen was detained at New Delhi's international airport after a knife was found in his baggage, officials and news reports said Thursday.
The man, identified as Winston Marshall, who was to board a flight to the Qatari capital of Doha Wednesday night was being interrogated by police and security agencies.
After finding from his passport that Marshall had travelled to Pakistan and Bangladesh recently, officials were checking if he had any terrorist links.
'A 5-inch (13-centimetre) knife was detected in his hand-baggage when he was preparing to take the flight. He was unable to give a satisfactory answer as to why he was carrying a weapon and was handed over to the police,' a police official at the airport said, requesting anonymity.
Home Ministry sources told the NDTV network that the questioning by the Delhi Police and the Indian Intelligence Bureau so far had not revealed any terrorist links.
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