13 Indians detrained in Russia

MOSCOW, APRIL 20. Thirteen suspected Indians were detrained at the Naushki international check-point in Russia and forced to return, a senior Border Control Service official has said.

Passengers of all international trains between Moscow and Beijing were subject to a strict scrutiny of passport and other documents at Naushaki. The Indians were detrained after the train had crossed Mongolia, Col. Oleg Titov said here on Wednesday. On investigation, it was found that the suspects had crossed Nepal, China and Mongolia before entering the Russian territory. They posed as businessmen though they had less than $200. A vague account of their journey led the police to believe that the ``guests intended to swell the dwindling ranks of the Chechen rebels'', he said, according to the Russian news agency, Novosti.

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