Image copyright Michael Ward Off/Getty Pictures Symbol caption Usman Khawaja (right of centre) is pictured right here along with his brother Arsalan (left of centre) and different members of the family
The brother of Australian cricket superstar Usman Khawaja has been arrested for allegedly framing every other guy over a faux terror plot.
Police in Australia have charged Arsalan Khawaja, 39, with forgery and an try to pervert justice.
In August, police charged a Sri Lankan scholar in Sydney over an alleged plan in a laptop about killing Australian politicians.
Mohamed Kamer Nizamdeen used to be detained for a month earlier than being released.
The 25-yr-antique PhD scholar had claimed that that he was once framed by way of a rival at his administrative center, the College of latest South Wales.
On Tuesday, police alleged Mr Nizamdeen had been “set up in a deliberate and calculated approach” through Mr Khawaja.
Mr Khawaja, who labored in the same department as Mr Nizamdeen, were partially prompted through a “non-public grievance” over a lady, police stated.
Wrongful detainment
Mr Nizamdeen endured greater than four weeks in solitary confinement after he was once arrested on terrorism charges.
Police accused him of plotting the attacks in his laptop. An alleged hit record incorporated the previous Australian top minister Malcolm Turnbull and landmarks corresponding to the Sydney Opera House.
However he used to be released in October after police failed to connect his handwriting to the writing within the notebook.
Mr Nizamdeen, who has back to Sri Lanka, has indicated he plans to seek compensation from government for his wrongful detention.
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On Tuesday, New South Wales police expressed “remorseful about” for Mr Nizamdeen’s revel in.
“We feel very sorry for him and what has came about to him,” Assistant Commissioner Mick Prepared said.
Mr Khawaja was arrested on Tuesday in suburban Sydney. Police had questioned him over the computing device last month.
His brother Usman Khawaja is one among Australia’s best batsmen. he’s set to play in the take a look at series against India, starting on Thursday.
Speaking hours after the arrest, he requested for his circle of relatives’s privacy to be revered.
“it’s a matter for police to deal with. Out of respect for the method it will be beside the point for me to make any longer comment,” he said.
