Indian athlete Tanveer Hussain, who was given a visa after a huge public outcry, has been arrested in the US on charges of sexually abusing a12-year-old girl, the Snowshoe Federation of India and US media said on Thursday. We are trying to ascertain what happened,” said Mir Mudasir, president, Snowshoe Federation of India. The Enterprise quoted Khan as saying that the girl had followed Hussain around in an affectionate way. Khan said Hussain told him the girl tried to make an advance on him, but he turned her down. To a question if the girl made up the story because Hussain didn’t respond to her, Khan told The Enterprise “may be”.

Source: Hindustan Times March 02, 2017 16:30 UTC