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Indian detained for boxcutter alleges psychological torture Hyderabad, India - An Indian man who was cleared of involvement in the Sept. 11 terror attacks has returned home, alleging sleep deprivation, unhealthy food and solitary confinement during his 15 months of detention in New York. Syed Gul Mohammed Shah, 36, was one of two Muslim men from the southern Indian city of Hyderabad who were detained on Sept. 12 in Texas because they were carrying boxcutters, lots of cash and had been on a flight that was grounded in the wake of the terror attacks. In an interview at his home...

NEW YORK: Syed Gul Mohammad Shah, an Indian formerly suspected in the US government's terrorism investigation, has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for credit card fraud. Shah, 35, pleaded guilty in June. He was sentenced on Thursday in US District Court in Manhattan and ordered to pay restitution of about $415,000. Shah, who is from Hyderabad, admitted selling 15 fraudulent credit cards for up to $2,000 each in the black market. He and Mohammed Azmath, 37, were arrested on a train in Texas on September 12 after law enforcement authorities found two box cutters, hair...