Though he said the clip may be an attempt to “mislead” police, Singh said a team had been sent to Sahibabad to question the detained cyber cafe owners.

Siyaram Mishra and his son Madhukar Mishra, owners of the Naveen Job Work and Photostat at A-37, Shyam Park Extension, were detained by the UP Special Task Force and Anti-Terrorist Squad around 2 am and 10-12 computers were confiscated.

In Lucknow, Addl DGP (Law and Order) Brij Lal said both men were “co-operating” with the investigators. “They are not accused in the case. We want to collect information about those who used the cyber cafe to send the mail,” he told The Indian Express.

Sources in the UP police said they had been told about a couple who visited the cyber cafe with a CD. “Perhaps it was the same couple that sent the email. They were not known to be regular visitors at the cyber cafe,” the sources said.

Ghaziabad police said they would be charging the Mishras with failure to keep records and identity proof of people who used the cafe — orders to that effect had been issued six months ago to all cyber cafe owners. Citing negligence, Ghaziabad SSP Deepak Ratan has removed Karan Gate Chowki in-charge Jagroshan Singh from the post.

Family members of the cyber cafe owners said a dozen policemen in plain clothes had raided the house and the cafe. Nira Mishra, wife of Siyaram Mishra, said: “They were shown a few photographs and then told to accompany them. We have not been told about the place they were taken to.”

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