Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty today added to the confusion surrounding the case of Dr. Mohamed Haneef, when he suggested that Haneefs mobile phone SIM card was in the vicinity of both failed bomb plots in London and Glasgow.
Sydney, Aug.1 : Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty today added to the confusion surrounding the case of Dr. Mohamed Haneef, when he suggested that Haneef's mobile phone SIM card was in the vicinity of both failed bomb plots in London and Glasgow.
An AFP spokesman was later forced to clarify Keelty's comments, saying he had meant to say the SIM card was linked to people in the vicinity of the failed bombings.
Dr Haneef returned to India at the weekend after prosecutors dropped a charge against him that he had recklessly provided support to a terrorist organisation by having given his mobile phone SIM card to a relative linked to a plot to bomb targets in Britain.
Australian prosecutors' claims the SIM card was found in a burning Jeep used in a terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport on June 30 later proved to be a mistake, as it was in fact found in searches at Liverpool, 250km away.
According to news.com.au, Keelty said: "For all that's been said about the SIM card, the SIM card is still in the vicinity of London at the time that the devices were attempted to be exploded."
"The SIM card is still at Glasgow, at the airport at the time that the attempted bombing happened there," he added.
"The SIM card was considered significant in the UK investigation and was identified as being in contact with individuals alleged to have been involved in both the London and Glasgow attack," an AFP spokesman said later.
ANI