Chandigarh man held for sexually assaulting 2 in UK
Tuesday, 07/04/2015
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New Delhi : A 28-year-old man who had allegedly sexually assaulted and attempted to murder two British women in the United Kingdom in 2012, was apprehended from the outskirts of Delhi yesterday, the police said today.
Raminder Singh, who hails from Chandigarh, had been charged with assault, sexual assault, attempt to murder, sexual offences and attempt to defeat the ends of justice (destroying evidence, including cleaning his clothes) on two British women in July 2012 in the UK, said Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime).
The police said on July 22, 2012, a 23-year-old woman was found in an unconscious state at a park in Edinburgh, Scotland. “She was found grievously injured in a pool of blood. After she was hospitalised, she was found to have sustained a fractured jaw and cheekbone and one of her teeth was missing. An attempt had also been made to rape her. The Edinburgh police’s probe revealed that Raminder Singh, then resident of 21, Rosslyn Terrace, Edinburgh, had allegedly committed the crime,” said Yadav.
In another incident, a British woman, aged about 27 years, who was acquainted with Raminder had informed the Edinburgh police that she was also subjected to a “serious sexual attack and rape” allegedly by him in the UK.
Further investigations by the British Police revealed that immediately after the incident, Raminder allegedly travelled to the Glasgow Airport on July 23, 2012, and boarded a flight for New Delhi. Inquiries revealed that Raminder had travelled from Glasgow to India via Dubai by Emirate Airlines. After arriving at Delhi on July 24, 2012, he went underground.
A Red Corner Notice for his apprehension was issued on July 24, 2012, and his extradition request was also forwarded by the UK authorities to India’s Ministry of External Affairs. “We learnt that Raminder had been shifting between Chandigarh and Delhi to evade his arrest. On Sunday, we were tipped off that Raminder would come from Punjab to Delhi to meet one of his acquaintances for getting a forged passport on a fake identity. We laid a trap and apprehended him from Alipur (outer Delhi),” Yadav said.
