Haneefs wife seeks Manmohans help

The wife of Dr. Mohammed Haneef, against whom Australian Federal Police (AFP) has framed charges in connection to the failed UK terror plot, has appealed to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for help.

Bangalore, July 14 : The wife of Dr. Mohammed Haneef, against whom Australian Federal Police (AFP) has framed charges in connection to the failed UK terror plot, has appealed to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for help.

Stating that her husband is 'innocent', Firdaus, Dr. Haneef's wife said, "I appeal to our Prime Minister as well as our Defence Minister to help us out of this as everyone knows he is innocent."

"I had patience till now because I thought that they will not find anything and they will not charge him without any reason. But I did not know that the Australian police is so stupid and are charging on something so senseless," an emotional Firdaus said.

"All our lives are connected to him (Haneef); my life, my daughter's life, his mother, his brother's. So I appeal to the Prime Minister to please help us out," she said

A couple of days ago, Firdaus had given birth to a girl child.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged Haneef for providing support to terrorists responsible for the failed London and Glasgow bomb plots.

Police said that Dr Haneef "recklessly" gave his mobile phone's SIM card to people planning the car bomb attacks.

The offence carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.

Firdaus said that Sabeel and Kafeel, other accused in the case, were "friends" and Haneef gave them the SIM card.

The 27-year-old, who was working as a registrar in the Gold Coast Hospital, was detained in Brisbane on July 2, in connection to the failed UK terror plot, while trying to board a flight to Bangalore.

On Friday, there were reports that Dr Haneef was likely to be freed, as the AFP had not found any incriminating evidence against him.

The documents provided by senior public servants to the Auatralian Government showed that the AFP has accepted that it had scant or no evidence against Dr Haneef.

The AFP has been delaying further questioning of Dr Haneef, because of lack of incriminating evidence, which officers still hope to obtain from a vast volume of material seized.

The seized materials include 1636 photographs, a 40 GB hard drive that belongs to Dr Haneef, an 80- GB hard drive belonging to his friend and fellow Gold Coast doctor Mohammed Asif Ali.

The police also seized two mobile telephones, a personal digital assistant, two 128-megabyte flash drives, a Cybershot digital camera, documents including email addresses, clothing, computer discs, a GPS and phone packaging.

The documents said the AFP suspected that Dr Haneef has not been truthful in relation to the information he has provided to the police during the investigations into the bomb plot.

Dr Haneef has insisted he is not a terrorist, but a second cousin of Kafeel Ahmed, involved in the failed attempt to blow up Glasgow Airport.

Dr Haneef has also told AFP agents about his family ties and telephone contact with accused suicide bomber Kafeel, and revealed how they shared a house in Liverpool, England.

Kafeel, a radical extremist and Dr Haneef's second cousin, remains in a critical condition with severe burns from the attack.

Dr Haneef's family has repeatedly vouched for his innocence.

The Glasgow attack followed a failed bombing attempt in London days earlier and led to the arrest of seven suspects in Britain - many of them Middle Eastern-trained doctors - and Dr Haneef in Brisbane.

ANI