The police however had a tough time controlling the crowd, most of which comprised media-persons, and had to even resort to a mild lathi-charge to disperse the assembly.
Haneef's relative Imran Siddiqui, who initially was cool and said they had a good flight, later sounded angry after seeing the manner in which the crowd was behaving. He questioned, "Why are you treating Haneef like a criminal?"
Haneef too said, "Give me some breathing space, I will talk to all of you later." Haneef, who left the airport at around 10.10 pm, drove straight to a hotel where he dropped his lawyer.
Russo, it is learnt, has told Haneef not to speak too much on the issue.
Before heading home, Haneef went to the mosque near his house to offer prayers. He reached his wife's house at BTM layout at 11.10 pm.
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