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Indian student held in U.S.

Washington: An Indian graduate student at Purdue University, was arrested on Friday and charged with threatening to kill President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld.

Vikram Buddhi, 34, allegedly posted the detailed threatening messages on an online message board, according to the Chicago Sun Times.

Mr. Buddhi allegedly posted his messages on a Yahoo finance board.A concerned citizen contacted the Secret Service office in Dallas to report that a subject was posting threatening messages about Mr. Bush.— UNI

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