Sacked Jet employee 'wholly innocent'

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Sacked Jet employee 'wholly innocent'

Press Trust of India

London, August 30: Jet Airways employee Amin Asmin Tariq, who was
among 24 people arrested in Britain in connection with the foiled terror
plot to blow up the US-bound flights, has been released as investigators
found no evidence against him.

Tariq, a British passport holder who was suspended by the airline
following his arrest, was released by police last week with no further
action taken.

Tariq was 'wholly innocent' of any involvement in terrorism, his
lawyer Muddassar Arani was quoted as saying by Daily Mail.

Arani said not a 'shred of evidence' was disclosed to him during his
14 days in police custody. His good name had been 'blackened' by being
linked to the plot, she said.

When asked about the development, a spokesman for Scotland Yard said,
"we do not release the names of the persons who have not been charged." Jet
Airways spokesperson Lara Cresswell said, "we have nothing to say in the
matter because this is being handled by Scotland Yard."

Tariq was arrested on August 10 and had spent two weeks being
questioned by the British anti-terror police. He was released along with
another man Tayib Rauf, 22, on August 23.
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