Haneef may be deported?
Australian media quotes unnamed government sources saying Haneef case must "shut down" before more damage is done.
By PTI |
MELBOURNE: Mohammed Haneef may be deported to contain any adverse political fallout in Australia after the government faced criticism for "mishandling" his case, as his lawyers accused the police of selectively leaking damaging allegations to make him look guilty.
Haneef's relative Imran Siddiqui meanwhile arrived in Brisbane to give moral support to the Indian doctor and pleaded that Australian authorities give him a fair hearing.
Australian newspapers quoting unnamed government sources said a number of senior political figures wanted the case against Haneef "shut down" before more damage is done.
They said such a move would contain any political fallout from a case whose legitimacy has come under question, 'The Australian' said.
"Our best option is to cancel the Criminal Jusate, which was issued to keep Haneef here after we cancelled his visa, and that is my understanding of what our intentions are," one Government source told 'The Age'.
"Cancel the certificate and get this guy out of Australia. The story ends there," the source said.
Haneef's lawyer Peter Russo today termed the reports that he may be involved in a planned terror attack in Gold Coast in Australia as baseless and fanciful.
Shocked at the reports, he alleged they were being leaked because the case against the doctor charged in connection with the failed terrot plot in Britan was "extremely weak.
The Melbourne Sun Herald and other News Ltd. newspapers today cited unnamed police sources as saying images were found on Haneef's laptop computer of a building and its foundations near where he lived in Queensland state during a raid at his home three weeks back. Police were investigating whether he was involved in an attack plot in Australia, a report said.
Haneef's relative Imran Siddiqui meanwhile arrived in Brisbane to give moral support to the Indian doctor and pleaded that Australian authorities give him a fair hearing.
Australian newspapers quoting unnamed government sources said a number of senior political figures wanted the case against Haneef "shut down" before more damage is done.
They said such a move would contain any political fallout from a case whose legitimacy has come under question, 'The Australian' said.
"Our best option is to cancel the Criminal Jusate, which was issued to keep Haneef here after we cancelled his visa, and that is my understanding of what our intentions are," one Government source told 'The Age'.
"Cancel the certificate and get this guy out of Australia. The story ends there," the source said.
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Haneef's lawyer Peter Russo today termed the reports that he may be involved in a planned terror attack in Gold Coast in Australia as baseless and fanciful.
Shocked at the reports, he alleged they were being leaked because the case against the doctor charged in connection with the failed terrot plot in Britan was "extremely weak.
The Melbourne Sun Herald and other News Ltd. newspapers today cited unnamed police sources as saying images were found on Haneef's laptop computer of a building and its foundations near where he lived in Queensland state during a raid at his home three weeks back. Police were investigating whether he was involved in an attack plot in Australia, a report said.
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