Carmichael now a free man

New Delhi: Winston Marshall Carmichael's 46-day detention came to an end last Saturday, with the 62-year-old being released from the Lampur detention centre. A US national, Carmichael was released after US agencies and a Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory (CFSL) report gave him a clean chit.
He was flown to his hometown by US authorities on Saturday night from IGI airport. Carmichael was held on February 11 after a CISF official at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) discovered he was carrying a knife hidden in a lump of shilajit (an ayurvedic herb).
Sources said Carmichael, who claimed he was on a religious tour, was affiliated to the Tablighi Jamaat, an Islamist religious group. "We sought a report from US authorities regarding Carmichael affiliation to the Islamist group. There had been reports of Tablighi's involvement in terror plots but Carmichael was not found involved in any of their activities," said a senior Delhi Police officer. Tablighi Jamaat's headquarters in the United States are in New York.
31/03/10 Rahul Tripathi/Times of India

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