PARIS — The Saudi man arrested on Tuesday at a Paris airport over suspected links to the case of Jamal Khashoggi has been released after officials concluded it was a case of mistaken identity, Paris prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Prosecutors said checks had shown that the man’s passport was scanned during border checks, did not apply to the man arrested at the airport.

“Extensive checks on the identity of this person showed that the informations did not apply to him ... he was released,” the statement from the prosecutor’s office said.

The Saudi embassy in Paris issued a statement late Wednesday saying that the man arrested “has nothing to do with the case in question” and demanding his immediate release.

The embassy reaffirmed that Saudi Arabia's judiciary has issued verdict against all those who participated in the heinous murder of Jamal Khashoggi, noting that all of them are currently serving their sentences. — Agencies