Rains, chaos and celebration marked Dr Haneef Mohammed's return to Bangalore on Sunday night. Haneef returned to Bangalore after he had been absolved of terror charges in Brisbane.

Haneef had left for India via Bangkok on a Thai Airways flight along with his lawyer Peter Russo and relative Imran Siddiqui on Saturday night from Brisbane, after Australian authorities dropped the terror charges against him in connection with the failed UK terror plot.

His flight landed at the Bangalore airport at 9.25 pm IST, immediately after which he was whisked away in a Ford Endeavour waiting for him outside the airport. Haneef, who came out of the airport at around 10 pm after completing immigration formalities along with Russo and Imran, looked relieved and broke into a smile the moment he saw a huge crowd waiting for him.

Text and Photographs: Vicky Nanjappa

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