Indian Athlete Indicted In US On Charges Of Sex Abuse:- A 24-year-old Indian athlete has been indicted in the US, On the charges of sexually abusing a minor girl.
The incident occurred days after he arrived in the US from Kashmir for a snowshoe competition.
The accused has been identified as Tanveer Hussain. The Essex County grand jury indicted Hussain last week, for allegedly having inappropriate contact with a 12-year-old Saranac Lake girl earlier this year.
A report in the leading daily, quoted a press release as saying, the grand jury returned the indictment Hussain charging him with one count of first-degree sexual abuse and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. On charges of sexually abusing the minor girl, Hussain had been arrested in March, two days after he competed in the World Snowshoe Championships at Dewey Mountain Recreation Center.
“Hussain is alleged to have subjected a 12-year-old female to sexual contact and engaged in inappropriate conversations with said child during the time he was in Saranac Lake,” the report quoted Sprague as saying.
The minor girl had told police that on the night of February, two days after the snowshoe race, Hussain had kissed her twice and had touched her.
The report added that previously Hussain had denied the charges and declined a petition deal. The petition would have let him return to India as he wanted to clear his name.
Hussain’s lawyer Brian Barrett said that he was disappointed that before notifying him, Sprague announced the indictment in a press release.
“This is all about the press. That is what this whole case is all about,” he said.
Before arriving in the US for the snowshoe championship, Hussain had garnered much attention after the US Embassy in New Delhi had denied him and another athlete visas around the same time President Donald Trump had issued an order barring travel into the US from seven Muslim-dominant countries.
The denial of visa to Hussain and the other athlete was seen associated with the executive order.
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