Family rallies to support Dr. Haneef questioned in Australia about London and Glasgow bomb plot

Doctor's family explains plane ticket, SIM card - National - theage.com.au

"THE in-laws of Dr Mohammed Haneef, arrested at Brisbane airport on Monday night and held awaiting the arrival of British police, have an explanation for his sudden departure.

"His daughter was born 10 days ago — sick, with jaundice — and his wife, Firdous Arshiya, is suffering the after-effects of giving birth."

Unanswered questions remain despite the headline on this story.

The baby was born more than a week before he left. So, Dr. Haneef seems to have had ample opportunity to notify his employer of his need to return to India to be with his wife and their ill newborn baby. The family insist he was planning to return to Australia with his wife and baby as soon as arrangements could be made. Any reasonably intelligent and responsible person, much more so a doctor employed at a hospital, tells his employer when he is leaving and gives some idea of when he expects to return.

The family's explanation for the one-way ticket is equally unconvincing. Wouldn't it be cheaper for the doctor to purchase a round-trip ticket with open return and a one-way ticket for the wife and infant than buying three one-way tickets?

I won't be surprised if the family's explanation about the cell phone angle - that Dr. Haneef gave the SIM card to his uncle - also turns out to give more heat than light on the case.