Melbourne: Indian doctor Mohammad Haneef (28) should not have been charged with terrorism as there was "insufficient" evidence against him, said Australia's state police.


The Queensland Police Service (QPS) told the John Clarke inquiry that Australian Federal Police (AFP) ignored its repeated warnings.


The AFP had received severe flak over its handling of the case as Haneef was kept in detention for three weeks following his arrest at Brisbane airport on July 2, last year, in connection with the failed London bombing, only to be absolved later of terror charges.


"The QPS had had pointed out that there was insufficient evidence to support a charge against Haneef," said the submission to the inquiry, launched in April.


"If one law enforcement agency felt there was not sufficient evidence, why did another agency consider there was sufficient evidence?


"That raises questions that the Clarke inquiry will have to address about possible ulterior motives for the charge being laid," Hodgson said.


Queensland police provided intelligence, laboratory and investigative support for the Haneef case.