Jail releases student who threatened Bush

A Washington DC jail mistakenly released a Pakistani student who threatened to kill US President George Bush a week after the September 11 terror attacks, it was reported today.

Khushal Khan and three other inmates were freed last month, but Khan and one of the others later turned themselves in, The Washington Post reported.

The District of Columbia jail was supposed to take Khan to federal authorities for a deportation hearing, the newspaper said.

Khan was on a student visa, studying for a master’s degree in engineering at George Washington University, when he allegedly wrote a threatening e-mail to Bush.

The jail records office has been blamed for the mistaken release of at least nine inmates this year, including the four last month.

Khan and another of the inmates turned themselves in after they were discharged between August 19 and August 25, the Post said.

One other who was serving six months for domestic abuse was caught. The fourth, wanted for violating her release after a drug conviction, remains at large.