Rapist On The Run Arrested In India

Rapist On The Run Arrested In India

The 28-year-old was trying to buy a fake passport on Monday when the police arrested him.

Raminder Singh is accused of sexual assault, rape and attempted murder in July 2012 when he was in the UK.

He attempted to rape one woman aged 23, who was found unconscious in Pilvig Park in Edinburgh in a pool of blood, with a broken jaw and cheekbone and a missing tooth.

A few days later a 27-year-old woman told police she had been subjected to a serious sexual attack and rape.

Police believe Singh was involved in both incidents and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

However, he managed to leave the country the next day and fly to India.

An extradition request was sent to the country from the UK, but Singh is thought to have changed his identity multiple times.

It is believed that in the meantime he worked at a call centre and even opened a restaurant.

Police source indicates that some of his relatives worked in the Punjab police, which made the case lose interest.

"The Delhi Police was requested by the British High Commission to help nab the fugitive,’ said local crime commissioner Ravindra Yadav.

"The British police gave some inputs to us which we developed. We were roped in as they had confidence in us."

He has since appeared in court and the UK government will now move to have him extradited.

by Musalia Wycliffe

Source: Sky News

 

 

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