Man held for murder in Australia in 2003 got passport only in 2016, discharged | India News

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court docket discharged a person apprehended final month for a murder in Redfern, Australia, in 2003, saying it was a case of mistaken identification. After contemplating forensic stories, the court docket of further chief judicial Justice of the Peace Pranav Joshi famous in his order that the fingerprints of the accused, Mohammed Basheeruddin, 37, didn’t match with that of the assassin.The lawyer representing the arrested man instructed the court docket that the title of the particular accused talked about in the overseas data was Bashiruddin Mohd, who was a distinct particular person. The counsel claimed Mohammed Basheeruddin obtained his passport in 2016, and had by no means travelled exterior India besides to Saudi Arabia. On June 13, the sealed report by Central Forensic Science Laboratory, acquired the day prior to this, was opened in the court docket. “As per the report, the fingerprints of Mohammad Basheeruddin, who was arrested on May 17, 2025, are different from the fingerprints of the original FC (fugitive criminal),” the choose mentioned.On June 29, 2003, the physique of a person named Shoukat Mohammed was discovered inside a sleeping bag in a wheelie bin on James Street, Redfern. The sufferer was drugged and assaulted earlier than being strangled to dying.