Hyderabad men still under investigation

WASHINGTON, OCT. 7. The two Indians from Hyderabad, Mr. Ayub Ali Khan and Mr. Mohammed Jaweed Azmath, picked up by Federal agents in Texas in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, are still being probed under detention.

There is no link established between them and the attacks on the twin towers and the Pentagon but questions are being raised linked to a money trail and remittances beyond their apparent means, The Washington Post said.

The authorities were questioning how the two persons who held low-paying jobs in New Jersey before they were detained last month were able to send about $64,000 to their families in India two years ago. Mr. Khan and Mr. Azmath were taken into custody after their investigators discovered they were carrying $5,000 in cash, hair dye and box-cutters.

Mr. Navtez Sarna, press counsellor for the Indian Embassy in Washington, told the magazine that the two men were being investigated in India and that there was no evidence linking them to any terrorist organisation.

- PTI

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