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Tanveer Hussain, Snowshoe Athlete From Kashmir Indicted On Sex Abuse Charge In US

IANS, 03 Aug, 2017 02:13 PM
    Indian snowshoe athlete Tanveer Hussain Parra has been indicted in the US for allegedly having inappropriate contact with a 12-year-old girl.
     
    The Essex County grand jury charged the 25-year-old with one count of first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and misdemeanour, according to a statement from Essex County District Attorney Kristy Sprague.
     
    Saranac Lake Village Police arrested Hussain on March 1, two days after he competed in the World Snowshoe Championships at Dewey Mountain Recreation Centre, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise newspaper reported.
     
    "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," Sprague said.
     
    The girl from Saranac Lake Village in New York told police that on the night of February 27, Hussain groped her and inappropriately touched her.
     
    Hussain denied the charges and declined a plea deal that would have let him return to India.
     
    For the past five months, Hussain has been living in the home of village Trustee Rich Shapiro and his wife Lindy Ellis, who bailed him out of the Essex County Jail, awaiting the next court proceedings in the case, the daily said on Tuesday.
     
    Hussain's lawyer Brian Barrett of Lake Placid said: "(Hussain) is presumed innocent by law, and certainly no one has any reason not to presume him innocent in this case."
     
    Hussain was earlier denied a visa by the US Embassy in New Delhi to attend the World Snowshoe Federation (WSSF) World Championship on February 25 in Saranac Lake, New York. 

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