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Pakistani held at US embassy in Chile

Source: PTI
May 12, 2010 03:22 IST
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A Pakistani national was arrested at the American Embassy in Chilean Capital of Santiago, with traces of explosives, US officials said in Washington.

The individual identified as Muhammad Saif-ur-Rehman Khan has been handed over to Chilean authorities and the US has launched an investigation into the case. The Pakistani individual was called by the US Embassy to inform him that his visa has been revoked after it received certain information about him, which called for the revocation of his visa, a senior Administration official told reporters.

"He (Khan) came to the US embassy

in Santiago yesterday afternoon for a consular issue, and during a routine visitor screening, evidence of explosives was detected. He was subsequently arrested by local authorities," the State Department spokesman, P J Crowley, told reporters at his daily press briefing.

Responding to media questions, Crowley said this individual was called to the Embassy on consular issue, but did not explain it. "We had information on this individual. We invited him to come to the embassy to clarify the information that we had on this individual. As he came into the embassy our explosive detectors went off," he said.

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