GERMAN-ARREST 2LST

Following a tip-off, Singh's two friends were
arrested, while he managed to escape. A German court sentenced
Shahzad to eight years while the other was sentenced to ten
years imprisonment.

The victim had identified the two convicts in court
while she identified Singh through his photographs.

Singh had gone to Germany in 1992 and had sought
political asylum, which was later rejected. However, he
continued to stay there illegally.

"Since he had been living in Germany since 1992 as an
illegal immigrant on fake identities, the German authorities
were unable to get much information about him except for his
name," Thakur said.

The German Embassy forwarded copies of the case record
to the Ministry of External Affairs in 2008 with a request to
initiate criminal proceedings against Singh.

"We had a name and a place of birth. Information
regarding persons with similar names and description who had
arrived from Germany over the past few years was gathered.
Sources were deployed and persons engaged in facilitating
immigration were also tapped," a Crime Branch official said.

"Singh never expected that he will be caught after 12
years for a crime he committed in another country," he said.

Singh, who runs a transport company in Sanjay Gandhi
Transport Nagar, got married in 2000 and has two children.

Singh has been booked under Section 376 (rape),
Section 377 (unnatural offences) and Section 341 (wrongful
restraint) of Indian Penal Code. IPC Section 4 (trial of a
person committing crime in any part of the world) has also
been invoked against him. PTI