Thiruvananthapuram: Police arrested former imam Shafeek Al Qasimi from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, for allegedly raping a minor lady, and brought him right here on Thursday.
Shafeek, 37, who was the previous chief imam on Tholicode Muslim Jamaath, have been on the run for just about one month, ahead of his arrest from a hotel. Police arrested his driver, Fazil, and confiscated their automotive.
Investigating officer and crime department DSP (rural) D Ashokan said the arrest of Shafeek’s elder brother Noushad on Monday was the turning level in quest of the accused. Noushad’s telephone information revealed that the person accompanying the accused was Fazil.
“We traced his mobile phone sign and two days in the past his location was shown at Ooty,” Ashokan said. A five-member crew of shadow cops led by means of additional sub-inspector S Shibu was despatched to Tamil Nadu. The telephone alerts, alternatively, showed that the boys have been transferring towards Madurai.
A crew led by means of the DSP left for Madurai and searched all hotels beneath the cell tower location early on Thursday, and located the duo in considered one of them. Police said Shafeek kept transferring and changed his location greater than 15 instances right through the previous month.
After his crime was uncovered, he went to Kallara and spent the night time together with his sister’s circle of relatives. The subsequent day, he went to Perumbavoor to stay with his brother, Noushad. Four SDPI employees from Tholicode visited him at Perumbavoor and handed over some cash, police said.
On studying that a police case was registered, he went to Angamaly along with Noushad and cousin Sudheer, and from there reached Coimbatore. He then went to Chennai, Salem, Vijayawada, Vizag and Bhubaneswar. From Bhubaneswar, he went to Coimbatore via Vizag and Vijayawada.
It was then Noushad landed in the custody of the police. Shafeek proceeded to Ooty along with Fazil. From Ooty, he returned to Coimbatore once more, and then went to Palani ahead of attaining Madurai.
Shafeek had modified his look, and clad in a simple shirt and a pair of trousers. He had additionally shaved off his beard.
Shafeek allegedly raped a 15-year-old lady, hailing from a circle of relatives identified to him. A gaggle of Kudumbashree employees found him and the girl in a automotive beneath suspicious circumstances near the woodland at Peppara. When puzzled, he fled and dropped the girl off at her space. The women circulated his photos on social media and brought the topic to light.
Police registered a case greater than a week later as they waited for the girl or her circle of relatives’s statements. The child welfare committee shifted the girl to a safe haven house, the place she gave the commentary after a number of rounds of counselling.
Shafeek, 37, who was the previous chief imam on Tholicode Muslim Jamaath, have been on the run for just about one month, ahead of his arrest from a hotel. Police arrested his driver, Fazil, and confiscated their automotive.
Investigating officer and crime department DSP (rural) D Ashokan said the arrest of Shafeek’s elder brother Noushad on Monday was the turning level in quest of the accused. Noushad’s telephone information revealed that the person accompanying the accused was Fazil.
“We traced his mobile phone sign and two days in the past his location was shown at Ooty,” Ashokan said. A five-member crew of shadow cops led by means of additional sub-inspector S Shibu was despatched to Tamil Nadu. The telephone alerts, alternatively, showed that the boys have been transferring towards Madurai.
A crew led by means of the DSP left for Madurai and searched all hotels beneath the cell tower location early on Thursday, and located the duo in considered one of them. Police said Shafeek kept transferring and changed his location greater than 15 instances right through the previous month.
After his crime was uncovered, he went to Kallara and spent the night time together with his sister’s circle of relatives. The subsequent day, he went to Perumbavoor to stay with his brother, Noushad. Four SDPI employees from Tholicode visited him at Perumbavoor and handed over some cash, police said.
On studying that a police case was registered, he went to Angamaly along with Noushad and cousin Sudheer, and from there reached Coimbatore. He then went to Chennai, Salem, Vijayawada, Vizag and Bhubaneswar. From Bhubaneswar, he went to Coimbatore via Vizag and Vijayawada.
It was then Noushad landed in the custody of the police. Shafeek proceeded to Ooty along with Fazil. From Ooty, he returned to Coimbatore once more, and then went to Palani ahead of attaining Madurai.
Shafeek had modified his look, and clad in a simple shirt and a pair of trousers. He had additionally shaved off his beard.
Shafeek allegedly raped a 15-year-old lady, hailing from a circle of relatives identified to him. A gaggle of Kudumbashree employees found him and the girl in a automotive beneath suspicious circumstances near the woodland at Peppara. When puzzled, he fled and dropped the girl off at her space. The women circulated his photos on social media and brought the topic to light.
Police registered a case greater than a week later as they waited for the girl or her circle of relatives’s statements. The child welfare committee shifted the girl to a safe haven house, the place she gave the commentary after a number of rounds of counselling.
Sexual abuse: Ex-imam held from TN
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