 Zeeshan Siddiqui, a British national detained in Pakistan for suspected involvement in the July 7 London bombings, has said that he had been falsely implicated in the London bombings and that the media was ruining his case with baseless reporting.
Siddiqui told Daily Times that the Crime Investigation Department (CID) arrested him on May 15 whereas the London bombings took place on July 7.
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âI was not allowed to communicate with anyone during the first three months of my captivity,â he said. âHow could I have contacted anyone in London during that period?â Siddiqui also denied having any contact with those responsible of the London bombings even before he was arrested. âI told this to the British officials who came to interrogate me in the Peshawar Central Jail and they had also admitted that I had no role in the bombings,â he said, adding that he would have been immediately taken to London to face the charges if he was guilty. âAl Qaeda has taken responsibility for the bombings. I do not have any links with Al Qaeda or any other terrorist organisation,â he said, adding that he had visited Pakistan to learn more about Islam.
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