New Delhi: The fallout of Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef being dropped of all charges has triggered a blame game in Australia. Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who was in Bali on an official visit, has said that the government had nothing to do with the case.
“Bearing in mind that the detention of the man was undertaken by the police, and not at the request or direction or encouragement of the government and that the case was prepared and presented by the Director of public prosecution. I think that the right thing now is for those two men to explain the process and explain the reasons, “Howard said.
On Friday, as they announced their decision to abandon the terror proceedings against Haneef, they had refused to accept responsibility for the botched case and had also refused to apologise.
However, the Prime Minister continues to support his Immigration Minister's decision to revoke Haneef's visa.
Meanwhile, Haneef is believed to have been moved to an undisclosed unit owned by the Australian Immigration Department in Brisbane.
He spent his first night of freedom on Friday watching news and eating dinner with his lawyer and cousin.
Haneef was moved under tight security from Wolston Correctional Centre, where he was held in isolation, to an Immigration Department owned unit in Brisbane's last night after the terror-related charge against him was dropped.
Haneef celebrated his freedom with lawyer Peter Russo and his wife's cousin Imran Siddiqui, Russo's wife Terri said. Terri said her husband and Siddiqui spent time with Haneef watching news and having some decent food.
The Immigration Department has gone to great lengths to keep the doctor's whereabouts a secret after his release from jail.
Haneef's lawyers said that the terms of the order mean they cannot say where he will be living, but it will be in Brisbane.
(With agency inputs)
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