A Bangalore-based doctor, detained in Saudi Arabia on terror charges, was released on Sunday after being held by Saudi Arabia police for 20 days.
Usman Ghani working in National Guard Hospital in Riyadh was detained by Saudi Arabia police based on the request of Bangalore police seeking his arrest in relation with a terror module case.
Though the Saudi Arabia police detained him for 20 days, his links could not be established resulting in his release on Sunday, family members said here on Tuesday.
“The Karnataka police interrogated him in 2008 and had given him a clean chit. Now, Saudi Arabia police at the behest of Bangalore police detained him for 20 days and found him innocent. I hope that the Indian security forces will not harass my family any further,” Fatima Khan, mother of Dr. Ghani, said.
“The police had picked up both my sons several times and released them. Now even Saudi Arabia police have confirmed their innocence. I hope the security forces would allow us to live in peace,” she said. She said that she was grateful to the Saudi Arabia authorities for their quick and fair enquiry and for releasing Dr. Ghani.
Meanwhile, the Association for Protection of Civil Rights, which supported Dr. Ghani’s family, said that it would help Fatima Khan get a visa to visit her son. “Saudi Arabia government had denied visa to Dr. Ghani’s family when they wanted to visit their son. Even the Indian Embassy did not help initially,” association founding-member Irshad Ahmed Desai told The Hindu .
“We are also contemplating taking legal action against the authorities concerned if the family members wanted to pursue the case further,” he said.
