DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Hannah Foster have ruled out any connection with a terrorist group following claims made in an anonymous letter that was sent to the Daily Echo.

The letter claimed that suspect Maninder Pal Singh Kohli was helped to flee the UK after the discovery of Hannah's body in March last year, as revealed for the first time in Saturday's Daily Echo, above.

The letter was handed over to police officers, who are still working on the inquiry in Britain, to investigate the claims contained in the note and in particular the name of the person that was said to have aided his escape bid.

The letter also stated that Kohli's alleged accomplice was linked to a terrorist organisation.

However, detectives have already ruled out any connection with a terrorist group and said there is no link between the named terror organisation and the murder inquiry.

Leading the investigation Detective Superintendent Alan Betts said: "We have looked into the matter and we are satisfied there is no terrorist link."

Meanwhile, inquiries are continuing into the other allegations made in the typed-out letter that was sent direct from India and written on hotel stationery.

The anonymous author of the letter gave the name of the man he claimed helped Kohli out of the country and who again met up with him when he arrived in India, where he was born.

Det Supt Alan Betts told the Daily Echo they were confident they knew how Kohli had left the country on March 18, two days after the discovery of Hannah's body at Allington Lane, West End.

Hannah, 17, had been enjoying a night out with friends on March 14 when she was abducted as she walked home.

The pretty teenager had been working towards her A-levels at Barton Peveril College in Eastleigh and had already secured a place at university to read medicine.

The team leading the investigation have been to visit police in the Punjab who are heading up the manhunt for Kohli. Det Supt Betts said he had not ruled out visiting the country again.

Kohli still has a bounty of five million rupees on his head that will be handed to anyone who provides information leading to his arrest.