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27-10-2009, 11:26 AM
A British man involved in the kidnap and torture of a Lancashire businessman has been arrested in India after almost five years on the run.
Ajay Kaushal, 50, was detained in Goa on Monday by police investigating the death of a man he was travelling with.
Kaushal failed to appear at his British trial in January 2005 and was sentenced to 15 years in his absence.
Lancashire Police are liaising with the Indian authorities in a bid to bring him back to serve his sentence.
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Lancashire | Torture gang member held in India (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/8327379.stm)
Ajay Kaushal, 50, was detained in Goa on Monday by police investigating the death of a man he was travelling with.
Kaushal failed to appear at his British trial in January 2005 and was sentenced to 15 years in his absence.
Lancashire Police are liaising with the Indian authorities in a bid to bring him back to serve his sentence.
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Lancashire | Torture gang member held in India (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/8327379.stm)