India, Aug. 8 -- Rukhsar Ahmed, a former Pakistani state minister who was arrested two years ago in connection with allegations of raping and trafficking vulnerable young girls in Manchester in the 1990s, has been re-elected as a legislator in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PoK), media reports said.

Ahmed has been on police bail in the UK since his arrest in July 2024 on suspicion of rape and trafficking children in care as part of a grooming gang, The Guardian reported.

Ahmed, 62, was due to answer bail at a police station in Manchester last month but failed to attend, reportedly saying he was "too unwell to fly".

Ahmed was elected as a legislator in PoK on a ticket from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PM...