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T V Parsuram in Washington
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has detained two men claiming to be Indians in connection with the devastating terrorist strikes in the United States, even as the agency pursued 40,000 leads across the world to crack the network behind the attacks.
Investigators added 70 new names to their "wanted" list throughout the world, bringing the total number of people being sought for questioning by the FBI to 170.
Ayub Khan, 51, and Mohammed Jaweed Azmath, 47, were taken into custody on Sunday at a railway station in Fort Worth, Texas, and flown to New York for questioning.
A New York Times report said the duo had told the authorities that they were Indians, but Texan authorities said the men lied about their nationality and had no legitimate identification.
The two men had 5,000 to 10,000 dollars in cash and box cutters of the type used by the 19 terrorists who commandeered the hijacked jets that they smashed against the World Trade Centre and Pentagon on September 11.
The authorities have also detained 25 people on immigration charges while nine others had fled to Mexico.
They said Khan and Azmath had flown on Tuesday from Newark, New Jersey, on a flight bound for San Antonio, Texas. But the flight was diverted and forced to land in St Louis after the attacks in New York and Washington.
PTI
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