MP man detained after NIA 'terror' alert, freed

INDORE: A 40-year-old Indore man, who was in China and Hong Kong for several years, was detained for 24 hours and released by Indore police late Tuesday night.
He had been summoned for questioning by Indore police on Monday night on the basis of an alert from the Mumbai police after the NIA flagged a potential "threat" following an anonymous email.
Indore police officers told TOI on Tuesday night that they hadn't found anything suspicious and he would be freed. He walked out of Chandan Nagar police station just after 11 pm.
Indore police commissioner Harinarayanchari Mishra said, "Sarfaraz Memon, a resident of Green Park colony in Chandan Nagar of Indore, was detained in the presence of Mumbai police and NIA officials. He was interrogated about his suspected terror links but was released late at night after nothing substantial was found." Officers from NIA, IB and other agencies who had arrived in Indore to question Memon also left on Tuesday night.
According to sources, NIA had received an anonymous mail with allegations against Memon on February 26. The agency sent details of his Aadhaar card, driving licence and passport to the Mumbai cops, who traced him to Indore where he runs a medical shop in the Khajrana area.
Memon's parents were detained on Monday afternoon and police called him on his phone.
Memon went to Chandan Nagar police station late at night and was taken for questioning by national security agencies.
DCP (intelligence) Rajat Saklecha said: "During questioning, the detained person gave us his version in which he said that during his time in Hong Kong, he married a Chinese national. They separated recently and decided to get a divorce. But four days ago he got into a dispute with the woman's lawyer in China over a phone call. The detainee says the lawyer had threatened to malign his image in the country and suspects he sent the anonymous email. This is being verified."
The anonymous mail alleged that he was "trained in Pakistan" but police found no proof of his travel to the neighbouring country.