New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S M
Krishna on Sunday 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 a private news channel.
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.
The indictment alleged that Buddhi made threats
against the then US President, Vice President Dick Cheney and
their wives and called for bombings of American
infrastructures.
Bureau Report
