Peeved with the non-cooperation of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the extradition case of British national Raymond Andrew Varley, accused of being a part of an international paedophile ring and one of the six accused in the Goa child prostitution racket, 1991, CBI director Ranjit Sinha has written to India’s foreign secretary Sujatha Singh to seek the help of top UK authorities in facilitating his extradition at the earliest.
Sources said, “Despite repeated efforts by the CBI, which is probing the case, the CPS in London is not arranging an interaction with Mr Michael Omo, special extradition prosecutor. The CPS is the prosecuting agency in the case in the British court.”
The Court of Westminster rejected the Indian government’s request for Varley’s extradition and accepted his claim that he was suffering from dementia. The decision of the Westminster court has been challenged in the London high court. The London high court has set October 10 as the date to hear the extradition case of Varley. “CBI’s interaction with the extradition prosecutor of the CPS is necessary as a statement is likely to filed in the case in the London high court on July 21. The CPS must respect the UK Extradition Treaty (1983) signed with India,” sources said.
Varley was named in the CBI chargesheet in 1996, along with Freedy Albert Peat, Werner Wulf Ingo of Australia, E.C. Mcbride of New Zealand and Nills Oscar of Sweden. Varley had managed to remain elusive. On January 30, 2012, the CBI, which had issued a red corner notice through Interpol, got information from Thailand that Varley was arrested, but the Thai authorities deported him to the UK.
“Since then India has been trying for his extradition. He even filed a petition in British court challenging India’s request on grounds that Indian prisons were inhumane. The UK authorities sent a team to inspect the Goa prison and found it fit to house him if punished. After that Varley pleaded that he should not be extradited because he was suffering from dementia.