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Bangalore, Jul 22: The wife of Mohammed Haneef, detained in Brisbane on charges of supporting a terrorist group, on Sunday said she did not favour the deportation of her her husband from Australia and wanted him to be cleared of all charges.
"I maintain I don't want him to be deported. I want him to be cleared of all the charges. He has to come out clean," Firdous Arshiya said, reacting to reports that Australian authorities are planning to deport the Indian doctor to contain the adverse political fallout of his detention in that country.
According to reports from Melbourne, the Australian government is considering Haneef's deportation after coming under fire over the handling of his case. Australian newspapers, quoting unnamed sources, said a number of political figures wanted the case against Haneef "shut down" before more damage is done.
Firdous said Haneef's cousin Imran Siddiqi, who is now in Australia to assist her husband and his lawyer, would meet the Indian High Commissioner on Monday.
"Maybe he will also get in touch with Haneef," she said.
'Reports of Haneef's Role in Aus Terror Plot Incorrect'
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Melbourne, Jul 22: Australian federal police on Sunday dismissed as "inaccurate" reports that Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef could have been involved in a plot to carry out a terrorist attack on the Gold Coast while his lawyer termed these charges as "fanciful."
Commissioner Mick Keelty said there was no truth in the reports, and that the information had not come from the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
"There has been significant misreporting on many aspects of this case," he was quoted as saying by the media here.
"It is neither practical, nor the role of the AFP, to correct every wrong assertion or piece of speculation that has been put forward. We will be taking the extraordinary step of contacting Haneef's lawyer to correct the record.
"Consistent with the AFP's position in this and all other cases, it is inappropriate to discuss or speculate on potential evidence," he said.
Newspapers published by 'News Limited' media outlet on Sunday claimed that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) was examining images of a Gold Coast building and its foundations found among photographs and documents seized in a raid of Haneef's
Southport unit three weeks ago.
Quoting anonymous sources, the reports said the AFP was looking at documents, which referred to destroying structures and had information that Haneef was allegedly one of a group of doctors who had been learning to fly in Queensland.
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