THE widow of London bombing ringleader Mohammed Sidique Khan today backed calls for an independent public inquiry into the events of July 7, 2005.
Hasina Patel, 29, was released without charge on Tuesday night by police investigating the London attacks.
She was one of three people arrested in connection with the bombings in the capital who were freed by the Metropolitan Police.
A fourth remains in custody.
Speaking on behalf of Ms Patel and the Patel family in Dale Street, Dewsbury, solicitor Suresh Grover said Ms Patel was using this opportunity to support calls for an independent public inquiry.
Mr Grover said: "Police still need to explain the reason and timing of our arrest.
"Why were we arrested after two years? Why did they take such a drastic step when we have always co-operated with them?
"Our family has a good and strong reputation in this area.
"Our mother Farida Patel has worked hard in the community and her work has been recognised through many community awards.
"Yet our lives have been made unbearable by police action. We are victims too.
"Despite the ordeal, we have always expressed our sympathy for the victims of the London bombings and today we take this opportunity to support their demand for an independent public inquiry into those dreadful events."
Mr Grover was pressed on whether Ms Patel condemned her husband's involvement in the 2005 bombings.
He said: "I think she's very clear that her husband was involved and anybody involved in those events should be condemned."
"Today is actually about her being a victim of the police action which we don't think was reasonable and we are looking at what is possible through complaints or civil action."
Mr Grover was speaking in the street outside the house in Dale Street.
The lawyer said it was a traumatic experience for Ms Patel and her brother, Arshad.
He said: "She and her brother were in a cell 24 hours a day being questioned at least once for about three hours, without any sunlight. This is the first time she's felt sunlight. She's missed her children.
"She knew she hadn't done anything wrong. It was a traumatic event."
Asked about whether Ms Patel wanted an apology from the police, he said she wanted an inquiry into the bombings which should include the circumstances of the subsequent arrests.
Mr Grover called the arrests "stage managed".
He said that in his view the detectives were "fishing" but said he could not comment further on this as there was still one man in custody.
The two men released with Ms Patel were her brother Arshad and Imran Motala. A fourth person, Khalid Khaliq, 34, remains in custody after police were granted a warrant to detain him for further questioning until May 21.
The four were arrested in a series of anti-terror raids last Wednesday, during which properties in West Yorkshire and the West Midlands were searched.
