Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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http://www.ptinews.com/news/313669_India-will-take-due-interest-in-Buddhi-case--Krishna

India will take due interest in Buddhi case: Krishna


STAFF WRITER 18:11 HRS IST

New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today assured the family of Vikram Buddhi, who is in a US Federal jail from 2006 for allegedly posting anti-Bush remarks on a web site, that the Indian mission there would take "due interest" in the case.

"I can assure his family that I will see that the Indian mission takes due interest in this case. The whole idea is that India is particular that a fair trial has to be given to Mr Vikram Buddhi," the minister told CNN-IBN.

Buddhi, a PhD student at the Purdue University, was arrested in April 2006 after being charged for posting anti-Bush remarks on a web site.

Krishna hoped that Buddhi would come out innocent of the charges levelled against him.

Buddhi's father, a former Navy captain, and several IIT alumni have been fighting a legal battle to secure his release.

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