Indian man arrested by China over “terror” video released, deported

New Delhi: Indian national Rajiv Mohan Kulshrestha, who had been held for terror links by China, was released and deported back home on Saturday, PTI reported.

Kulshrestha was among a group of 20 foreign tourists including Britons, South Africans, who had been arrested in northern China on suspicion some had ties to a “terror group” – as per reports by Britain`s Foreign Office and a South African charity.

China had agreed to release 11 of the tourists, but wished to hold the rest without charges at a detention centre in Inner Mongolia, the South African charity, Gift of the Givers Foundation had said.

Chinese authorities said some of those arrested had been watching propaganda videos from a banned group in their hotel room, the charity added in its statement.

Five South Africans, three Britons and one Indian national make up the nine being held, it said.

The group had been on a 47-day tour of the country when they were detained at an airport in the Inner Mongolian city of Erdos.

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