{"id":9426,"date":"2026-08-06T19:32:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=9426"},"modified":"2026-08-06T19:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:32:56","slug":"newly-elected-pok-legislator-is-on-police-bail-in-uk-for-child-sex-offences-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=9426","title":{"rendered":"Newly elected PoK legislator is on police bail in UK for child sex offences: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133015113,imgsize-793451,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/rukhsar-ahmed.jpg\" alt=\"Newly elected PoK legislator is on police bail in UK for child sex offences: Report\" title=\"Ahmed was arrested at Manchester airport on July 18, 2024 on suspicion of rape and trafficking girls in care in Manchester in the 1990\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Ahmed was arrested at Manchester airport on July 18, 2024 on suspicion of rape and trafficking girls in care in Manchester in the 1990\">Ahmed was arrested at Manchester airport on July 18, 2024 on suspicion of rape and trafficking girls in care in Manchester in the 1990<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">TOI Correspondent from London: <\/span>Former state minister in PoK Rukhsar Ahmed, who was elected again last week to the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir legislative assembly, is on police bail in the UK for alleged child sex offences in the early 1990s.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>He previously served as a member of the assembly from 2006 to 2011, and from 2016 to 2021, and has held various ministerial roles.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Ahmed, owner of a now derelict restaurant in Manchester called Gujjar Palace, was arrested at Manchester airport on July 18, 2024, on suspicion of rape and trafficking girls in care in Manchester in the 1990s as part of a grooming gang, the Guardian has revealed.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>The historic child sexual abuse allegations are linked to the Rusholme area of the city, where he lived for many years. <!-- -->Two women have alleged that Ahmed was involved in raping and trafficking them when they were young girls in care homes in the early 1990s and he was in his 20s. According to the Guardian, detectives only learned about Ahmed\u2019s involvement in Pakistani politics when he was in custody for questioning.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Ahmed (62) was expected to answer bail at a police station in Manchester last month, but failed to attend because he said he was too unwell to fly to the UK. At the same time, he was pictured on social media campaigning at various election gatherings in Mirpur.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>A UK judge permitted him to travel to Pakistan despite being on police bail.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>He is due to answer police bail again in the next six weeks. If he does not attend, Greater Manchester police could issue a warrant for his arrest or take steps to extradite him \u2014 potentially causing another diplomatic bust-up with Pakistan who are already refusing to accept Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed, whom Britain wants to deport.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Friends of Ahmed told the Guardian Ahmed was \u201cincredibly influential\u201d in Manchester\u2019s Pakistani community given his political role in PoK.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Operation Edison is a Greater Manchester police investigation into non-recent child sexual exploitation in Rusholme during the 1990s. It was launched in Jan 2020, and so far there have been 22 arrests.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/uk\/newly-elected-pok-legislator-is-on-police-bail-in-uk-for-child-sex-offences-report\/articleshow\/133014367.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmed was arrested at Manchester airport on July 18, 2024 on suspicion of rape and trafficking girls in care in Manchester in the 1990 TOI Correspondent from London: Former state minister in PoK Rukhsar Ahmed, who was elected again last week to the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir legislative assembly, is on police bail in the UK for 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