Student deported from London in custody

A Hyderabad student who was on his way to New York for higher studies and deported from London has been handed over to the Hyderabad police by their Mumbai counterparts.

Mohd Shafiq, 25, was detained "on suspicion" at London's Heathrow Airport on August 25 and sent back after sustained interrogation for three days, airport immigration officials police said Wednesday. He was brought to Hyderabad via Mumbai and Begumpet, they said but did not divulge details as to why he was deported.

A graduate who hails from Akbarabad in the old city, Shafiq went to Dubai last year and was working as a marketing executive in a company there, they said. They said from Dubai he boarded a flight for London and was to catch another plane to New York as he had got admission to a US university for higher studies.

However, the Heathrow air marshal took Shafiq into custody "on suspicion" and interrogated him before deporting him to Mumbai on Sunday, they said. After a thorough interrogation by Mumbai police, Shafiq arrived in the city Tuesday night and was handed over to Begumpet police. He is still in the custody of Begumpet police.