The Shadowy Double Life of Rukhsar Ahmed The arrest of former Pakistani state minister Rukhsar Ahmed on suspicion of raping vulnerable young girls in Manchester in the 1990s raises more questions than answers about the intersection of politics and crime.
As a politician, Ahmed has built a reputation as a man of conviction in his community, but the allegations against him suggest a more sinister reality.
The case is not an isolated incident; it comes weeks after Pakistan refused to extradite Shabir Ahmed, 73, a freed ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang who was released from jail in July after serving 14 years of a 22 year sentence for 30 child rape offenses.