<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Exclusive:</span></strong><span> A man who was mistakenly arrested by Indian police over a 22-year-old unsolved murder in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span> has been released after a month in custody.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The body of Shoukat Mohammed was found inside a sleeping bag in a wheelie bin on James Street, Redfern in June 2003.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Police's key </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/murder" rel="" target="_blank" title="suspect"><span>suspect</span></a><span> had fled the country before being apprehended, but a month ago, Australian authorities thought they'd found him in India.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/pheobe-bishop-human-remains-found-in-national-park-identified-as-missing-bundaberg-teenager/67b4c00c-8408-4c52-892b-778d5433b2ad"><strong><span>Devastating update in Pheobe Bishop's disappearance</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man accused of the crime, named Basheeruddin Mohammed, was placed on the NSW Police's most wanted list.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man that Indian police arrested is named Mohammed Basheeruddin.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There is a similarity of name between these two fellows, and this was a case of mistaken identity," the innocent man's defence counsel Farhat Rehmani said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/indian-police-release-man-mistakenly-arrested-over-2003-redfern-wheelie-bin-murder/1b46c494-2e0e-4415-9617-002e5db9daeb" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He was very shocked and crying continuously for some two to three days," his co-defence counsel M. A. Tousifoddin said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man's lawyers told a court in Delhi their client was 16 years old at the time of the murder in 2003.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/super-boost-for-millions-of-australians/1980b070-203f-4393-b77b-6e0350e5df6c"><strong><span>Millions of Aussies to be thousands of dollars better off from next month</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His passport was issued only in 2016, and he has never been to Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His father's name was also different to the wanted man's.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fingerprint data was sent by Australian authorities.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The fingerprints of my client were also taken in the court, and they were sent to the forensic science lab," Rehmani said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The report was brought in a sealed envelope, and when the envelope was opened, obviously it was different - all ten digits, they did not match."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lawyers for the innocent man say his arrest was based on information provided by the Australian Federal Police via Interpol.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When 9News asked the AFP about their involvement and why they thought they had the right man, they refused to comment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"How is it possible that a person, only for a similarity in name, can be arrested and he has been kept for 22 days?" Rehmani said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I know that truth prevails."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Police offered a $100,000 reward for information almost a decade ago.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They say the cold case is still being investigated.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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