http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=115961&Sn=WORL&IssueID=28103 Paedophile suspect in Indian custody
Bombay: A British national wanted for paedophile offences against street children in India was remanded in police custody yesterday by a Bombay court after he surrendered to police. Duncan Grant, 54, was told to appear in court again on July 8. If convicted, he faces life imprisonment. Grant surrendered to police late on Wednesday after flying from London to face charges of sexual abuse of children and child trafficking in a case registered in Bombay in 2001. An international arrest warrant had been issued against Grant, who had been on the run for the past four years. He was also being sought by Interpol. Dressed in pink shirt and white trousers, the clean-shaven Grant appeared composed in the courtroom. "I have nothing to say," he told reporters while being taken from the court by police, amid a frenzy of photographers grappling to take his picture. Another British national, Alan Waters, has also been arrested in the case along with Indian national William D'Souza. Waters, a former British Royal Navy officer, was extradited to India from the US. Public prosecutor Yug Mohit Chowdhary said the three men had founded a child orphanage, Anchorage, in south Bombay where they allegedly abused a number of homeless children in 2001. "Five of the children came forward and accused the three of these charges," he said. Grant, who says he is a charity worker, fled India in 2001 after the accusations surfaced. Police yesterday said that extradition proceedings against Grant from Britain had been under way when he had decided to give himself up. "He was afraid of being defamed in his own country ... so he returned to India last night," said inspector Jaywant Shelar. "He ran a racket of similar kind in Goa and we want to investigate that angle too," Shelar said. Media reports said Grant had run shelters for homeless children in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania after he fled India. Chowdhary said the three accused had been involved in an international racket of sex tourism "and we want to investigate it". -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England
