UNITED KINGDOM
Express & Star
A Black Country Imam found guilty of indecently assaulting two young girls at his mosque is believed to have gone on the run to Bangladesh.
Police believe father-of-seven Hafiz Rahman, from Netherton, boarded a flight to Bangladesh on Saturday, after claiming to be too ill to attend Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday where he was found guilty of five charges of indecent assault.
Rahman had been the Imam at Queens Cross mosque in Cradley Heath when the assaults took place in the 1980s.
Confirming that the religious leader had fled, a spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “Hifiz Rahman absconded from the UK on Saturday, October 8 when it is believed he boarded a flight to Bangladesh.
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