மகாபலிபுரத்தில் அமெரிக்க பெடோபைல் கைது

நியூயார்க்கில் சிறுவர்களை சிறுமிகளை கட்டாயப்படுத்தி உடலுறவு கொண்ட ஒரு குற்றவாளி நியுயார்க்கில் தண்டிக்கப்பட்டு சிறையில் இருந்து பரோலில் வெளிவந்து தப்பி இந்தியாவில் மகாபலி புரத்திற்கு வந்து தங்கியிருந்திருக்கிறார்.

இண்டர்போல் கூறியதை முன்னிட்டு தமிழக போலீஸார் இந்தகுற்றவாளியை கைது செய்தனர்.

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US paedophile arrested in India
Horowitz skipped parole after 15 years in a US jail

Police in India's southern Tamil Nadu state say they are awaiting a request from the US authorities to extradite a convicted American paedophile.
Alan J Horowitz was detained in the seaside resort of Mahabalipuram near Madras (Chennai) on Wednesday.

He is wanted by Interpol and listed among the 100 most wanted men in New York. He was convicted in 1991 for sexually abusing numerous children.

He spent 15 years in a US jail and violated his parole in 2004.

'Sexual predator'

Indian police say they closed in on Horowitz in Mahabalipuram, a popular tourist spot 50km (30 miles) from Madras, after an 11-month chase across Asia.

Tamil Nadu state police chief D Mukherjee said an alert had been issued by Interpol for Horowitz's arrest.

A child psychiatrist and an ordained Jewish rabbi, 60-year-old Horowitz was a notorious sex offender.

His listing on the New York State Division of Parole website says he sexually abused "numerous underage males and females known to him through his position of authority".

The Division of Parole's head, George Alexander, said in a statement: "We are extremely pleased to have this dangerous sexual predator in custody and look forward to bringing him back to New York."

Horowitz violated his parole last year and fled the US using fake travel documents.

He is thought to have spent time in Thailand and Hong Kong before arriving in the southern Indian city of Bangalore a fortnight ago.

Interpol are believed to have tracked him to Mahabalipuram, where he checked into a hotel.

Following information from Interpol, US diplomats then alerted the Tamil Nadu police who moved in.

The BBC's TN Gopalan in Madras says that with Horowitz now in custody, extradition proceedings are expected to begin soon.