Click to play videoLondon: Indian doctors in London have demanded fair treatment for Glasgow terror accused Sabeel Ahmed. They feel he should not be victimized in a manner in which his cousin Haneef was by the Australian authorities.
More than a month after his arrest, signs of support for the India-born doctor Sabeel Ahmed are emerging. His fellow doctors have come out to fight the UK authorities.
Dr Ramesh Mehta, head of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin said, "Lessons must be learnt from Haneef's case. Until proven guilty the person must be treated fairly, justly. The charges should have been proved, should be proved, and until such time he should be looked after properly."
Sabeel is charged with not disclosing information that could have helped police arrest a suspected terrorist, meaning his brother Kafeel who died on Friday of burns suffered during the suicide attack on Glasgow airport.
Some believe the case against Sabeel could be weak like the case against his cousin Haneef in Australia, which eventually collapsed.
Dr Shiv Pandey, former member of the General Medical Council UK said, “I have met the doctor who had worked with the two brothers, particularly with Sabeel. He was quite jovial and not at all someone who could be identified as a terrorist. I'm sure honesty and integrity will prevail. It did in case of Haneef. I don’t see Sabeel to be meeting a different fate.”
Civil liberty groups in Britain have been nowhere near as active for Sabeel as the Australians were for Haneef. But now Kafeel's death has weakened the case against Sabeel.
Kafeel Ahmed died without giving out any essential clues on the terror plot. But he has left behind Sabeel, his own brother who is charged for not having prevented an act of terrorism. The charge is inherently vague, it’s outcome uncertain, to say the least.
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