Imran Siddiqui, a relative of  Mohamed Haneef says he has come to Australia to take the detained Indian doctor home to his distressed wife and infant daughter. Imran, a cousin of Haneef's wife, Firdous Arshiya, arrived in Brisbane late on Saturday night from Bangalore to provide moral support to the Gold Coast-based doctor, who has been charged with providing material support to a terrorist organisation.

After speaking to a forum in Brisbane discussing Haneef's plight,  Siddiqui said his 27-year-old relative was innocent and should be released. “I’ve come to take him back — he’s innocent, that I know,” he said outside the forum at Griffith University's Nathan campus in Brisbane's south.“We know the truth is that he's not connected to these things. It’s not wrong on my part to expect that he should be released with all respect and dignity.”
Siddiqui said he was seeking permission to visit Haneef, who is being held at the Wolston Correctional Centre. “I want to tell him that his wife and child are doing fine,” he said.He said he had met Haneef for only “a few hours” but his family told him he’s a “very nice guy”. “The family has chosen me because of my exposure abroad.”Siddiqui told the packed forum Haneef was the victim of circumstances.

“After all this hard work, after being a model citizen, after losing his father at a very early age, going through all this, maintaining his family and then right when he's relishing the hard work which he's been doing over the years, someone has to face… that,” he said. He urged authorities to ensure that “the truth comes out” and that Haneef was given a fair trial.