29 men charged with sexual exploitation and rape of 13-year-old girl in Bradford and Calderdale
Alleged offences said to have taken place between 2003 and 2010
Police have charged a group of 29 men in connection with the sexual exploitation of a girl over a seven-year period in West Yorkshire.
The vast majority of the offences occurred in Calderdale, but some also happened in Bradford, West Yorkshire Police said.
The alleged offending is said to have taken place between 2003 and 2010 when the victim was aged between 13 and 20.
The men have been charged with a variety of sexual offences, including rape, attempted rape and indecent assault, following an investigation into non-recent child sexual exploitation by detectives.
The men will appear at Bradford Magistrates Court on July 7 and 9.
Eight suspects who were arrested over the course of the investigation have been released without charge, police said.
Those charged are:
- Asad Ali, 37, of Brighouse, is charged with two counts of rape
- Ajmal Aziz, 39 of Halifax, is charged with three counts of rape and attempted rape
- Mohammed Jangier, 44, of Halifax, is charged with rape
- Mohammed Asif, 36, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape
- Harris Ahmed Butt, 37, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault
- Taukeer Butt, 36, of Halifax, is charged with three counts of rape
- Muitasim Khan, 40, of Halifax, is charged with rape
- Mohammed Hamza, 47, of Halifax, is charged with rape
- Mohsin Mir, 40, of Halifax, is charged with three counts of rape
- Javid Mir, 38, of Halifax, is charged with rape
- Haroon Saddique, 37, of Bradford, is charged with two counts of rape
- Zahir Iqbal, 41, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape
- Sarfraz Rabnawaz, 35, of Bradford, is charged with two counts of rape
- Wajid Addalat, 43, of Halifax, is charged with rape
- Sajid Addalat, 45, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape
- Nazim Hussain, 43, of Bradford, is charged with conspiracy to rape
- Nadeem Saddiqque, 43, of Sheffield, is charged with rape
- Saquab Hussain, 43, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape
- Sadakat Ali, 48, of Bradford, is charged with rape
- Ziarab Mohammed, 48, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape
- Imran Raja Yasin, 41, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape
- Zulfiqar Ali, 40, of Bradford, is charged with two counts of rape
- Malik Abid Qadeer, 64, of Halifax, is charged with five counts of rape
- Kamran Amin, 45, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape
- Mohammed Akhtar, 51, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape
- Ali Zulfiqar, 38, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape
- Shafiq Ali Rafiq, 40, of Dewsbury, is charged with two counts of rape
- Amir Shaban, 45, of Halifax, is charged with rape
- Sakeb Nazir, 36, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape
Additional reporting by SWNS
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