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Seven arrested in police hunt for convicted Bradford child rapists
Overview
West Yorkshire Police have arrested seven people on suspicion of perverting the course of justice as part of the search for brothers Fayaz and Imtiaz Ahmed, who absconded during their trial and were sentenced in their absence in January 2025 for raping a teenage girl in the 1990s.
Key points
- Seven people (four men and three women aged between 28 and 52) were arrested in Keighley, Bingley, Birmingham, and the Nelson area of Lancashire.
- Those arrested are suspected of perverting the course of justice and have been released on conditional bail.
- Brothers Fayaz and Imtiaz Ahmed absconded during their trial for raping a 13 or 14-year-old girl in Keighley in the 1990s.
- Fayaz Ahmed was sentenced in January 2025 in his absence to seven and a half years in prison, while Imtiaz Ahmed was sentenced to nine years.
- West Yorkshire Police are continuing their inquiries to locate the two convicted sex offenders and have appealed for information from the public.