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| Bangalore police may question Sabee |
| 2008-04-14 |
| The Bangalore police are likely to question Sabeel Ahmed, who will be deported to India from the United Kingdom after he pleaded guilty to withholding information about his brother Kafeel’s plot to blow up the Glasgow airport. Dr. Ahmed, despite being handed a 18-month imprisonment, is expected to reach Bangalore in a couple of days as he has already served the time in remand. A senior police official told The Hindu that the police had not yet decided the nature of the investigation. “As he has been convicted now, we would like to get more details after questioning him.” The official said: “The Bangalore police have already questioned the members of Sabeel’s family, and during our investigation here we came to know that he had not disclosed information about his brother’s plot to blow up Glasgow airport in a suicide attack.” Dr. Ahmed, who was working at the Halton Hospital in Runcom after completing medical education at the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College here, was arrested after Kafeel, along with his associates, tried to bomb the Glasgow airport in June 2007. He was arrested for withholding information about his brother’s act. A top Corps of Detectives official said the police had to study the conditions, if any, placed by the U.K. government for deporting Dr. Ahmed. “We have to look into the legal aspects as there is no case against him here. We have to see whether the U.K. government wants anything from us.” The police had to take into consideration the protection he enjoyed after having served a sentence in the U.K., the official said. Date not clear Though the news of Dr. Ahmed return to India has brought cheer to his family, the members are not sure when he will be coming. His mother, Zakia Ahmed, told The Hindu: “We are happy that our son is returning home. But the family has no idea about the date of Sabeel’s arrival to Bangalore. The process of deportation has not yet begun as immigration offices were closed for the weekend. By grace of God, our troubles are finally coming to an end.” “When I spoke to Sabeel on Saturday, he said that you [Dr. Zakia] have waited for a year, wait for some more days I will be back.” The family had not yet planned for the celebrations as it had no clue to the date of his arrival. |
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