Supporters of India's main opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) women's wing, scatter rose petals in front of a portrait of an Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, in Kolkata September 7, 2013. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan police have detained two insurgents suspected of killing an Indian author who they accused of spying, a provincial police chief said on Tuesday.
Sushmita Banerjee, whose story was told in the movie "Escape from Taliban", was pulled from her home by gunmen in the eastern province of Paktika on Wednesday last week and shot dead.
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