Sabeel Ahmed

{{Short description|Indian terrorist suspect}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2011}}

Sabeel Ahmed is an Indian terrorist suspect arrested after the 2007 Glasgow Airport attack. He studied at the Dr B R Ambedkar Medical College, an affiliated college of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences between 1998 and 2003 and completed his internship in 2003–2004, moving to the UK in November 2004 to pursue higher studies.{{cite news|title = College stunned at doctors' detention |work = The Hindu|date = 2007-07-05|accessdate = 2007-07-05|url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/05/stories/2007070559691400.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071210143407/http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/05/stories/2007070559691400.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2007-12-10|location=Chennai, India}}

He is the brother of Kafeel Ahmed,{{cite news|title = Ties that bind terror car bomb suspects |work = The Daily Telegraph|date = 2007-07-05|accessdate = 2007-07-05|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/05/nterror205.xml |archive-url = https://archive.today/20080605030136/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/05/nterror205.xml |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2008-06-05 | location=London | first=Andrew | last=Pierce}} who was also arrested in the aftermath of the attack, and has been variously reported as the second cousin,{{cite news|title = Another doctor from Bangalore detained in U.K. |work = The Hindu|date = 2007-07-05|accessdate = 2007-07-05|url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/05/stories/2007070551700100.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070707133126/http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/05/stories/2007070551700100.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2007-07-07|location=Chennai, India}} uncle{{cite news|title = Race to interview Aust doctor|publisher = Stuff.co.nz|date = 2007-07-05|accessdate = 2007-07-05|url = http://www.stuff.co.nz/4117866a12.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035405/http://www.stuff.co.nz/4117866a12.html|archive-date = 30 September 2007|url-status = dead}} or brother{{cite news|title = 'Those who cure you will kill you' |publisher = TimesOnline|date = 2007-07-04|accessdate = 2007-07-04|url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2023024.ece |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070704025116/http://timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2023024.ece |url-status = dead |archive-date = 4 July 2007 | location=London | first1=Deborah | last1=Haynes | first2=Adam | last2=Fresco}} of Mohammed Haneef, with whom he studied medicine in Bangalore, and who was arrested at the Brisbane Airport on 2 July 2007. Mohamed Haneef is a second cousin of Sabeel as their grandparents are brother and sister.

ROI between Federal Agent Neil THOMPSON, AFP and DetlSgt Adam SIMMS (QPS) and Mohamed HANEEF on 13/07/2007.14/0712007 at Queensland Headquarters, Roma Street, Brisbane

Ahmed was alleged to have been given Haneef's British mobile phone SIM card when the latter left the UK for a job at the Gold Coast Hospital in Queensland, Australia.;{{cite news|title = Investigation turns to family ties that link eight suspects in custody|publisher = Times Online|date = 2007-07-05|accessdate = 2007-07-05|url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2028718.ece |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070712075202/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2028718.ece |url-status = dead |archive-date = 12 July 2007 | location=London | first1=Jeremy | last1=Page}} He is reported to have applied for medical positions in Western Australia in 2005, but was rejected after officials because of concerns over their qualifications and references.{{cite news|title = Doctor used several names to try WA entry|publisher = The Australian|date = 2007-07-06|accessdate = 2007-07-06|url = http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,22027278-1702,00.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070708025419/http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,22027278-1702,00.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 8 July 2007}}{{cite news|title = 'I'll never forget that burning man running towards me, lashing out,' recalls airport PC|publisher = News.Scotsman.com|date = 2007-07-05|accessdate = 2007-07-05|url = http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1054132007|location=Edinburgh|first1=Jason|last1=Cumming|first2=Martyn|last2=Mclaughlin}}

On 14 July 2007, British police charged Ahmed with failing to disclose information that could have prevented an act of terrorism.{{cite news|title =Two more doctors charged over bomb attacks on UK|publisher = AlertNet|date = 2007-07-14|accessdate = 2007-07-14|url =http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14678861.htm}} In April 2008 he was given an 18-month prison sentence for withholding information.{{cite news |title=Doctor jailed for concealing airport bomb plot |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/apr/11/uksecurity.scotland |accessdate=19 March 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=11 April 2008 |language=en}}

Ahmed was deported back to India on 8 May 2008 after being released due to time already served.{{cite news |title=Car bomber brother back in India |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7389272.stm |accessdate=30 August 2020 |work=BBC |date=8 May 2008 |language=en}} He moved to Saudi Arabia in 2010 to work at a hospital. In 2015, he was charged by the National Investigation Agency in a case of an alleged militant recruitment by Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out in 2012. In 2017, the Delhi Police accused him of trying to recruit Indians for Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent. He was deported back to India and arrested by the NIA on 28 August 2020.{{cite news |title=Deported from Saudi, LeT 'terror recruiter' held by NIA |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/deported-from-saudi-let-terror-recruiter-held-by-nia-6575605/ |accessdate=30 August 2020 |work=The Indian Express |date=30 August 2020 |language=en |first=T.A. |last=Johnson}}