By IANS
Bangalore : Muhammad Haneef Wednesday contested Australian authorities claim of having fresh evidence of his involvement in the failed British terror plot.
The 27-year-old doctor accused Australian authorities of releasing only selected parts of a chat he had with his brother Shoaib on July 2, the day he was detained in Brisbane while on way to India.
“They have just given a few quotes from the chat and not the full chat. Once it is made public, it will clear any doubt (on whether I knew of the plot),” Haneef told a hurriedly convened press conference here.
His press meet followed reports from Australia that the probe against Haneef was still on and Australian Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews’ stand that contents of the chat justified his decision to cancel Haneef’s visa.
Haneef said the Australian police had asked him about the chat with his brother and he had answered all their queries.
“We have been asking the Australian police to release the second part of the transcript of the interrogation but they have not yet done so,” he said.
Haneef, however, refused to answer most queries from journalists, maintaining he could not comment or it was for his lawyer to react as his petition challenging visa cancellation was yet to be heard.
Haneef’s relative Imran Siddiqui, who had gone to Australia to help him out, said these issues will come up in an Australian court on Aug 8 when the petition challenging visa cancellation comes up.
The doctor, who was working in a Queensland hospital, returned to India Sunday after Australia dropped terror charges against him July 27.