Man jumps bail on pretext of marrying pregnant girlfriend

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Jun 7, 2011

Man jumps bail on pretext of marrying pregnant girlfriend

By Khushwant Singh

IRFAN Ahmed Khan, 28, who was awaiting trial for drug trafficking, convinced a High Court judge to grant him two days' bail on Monday so as to solemnise his marriage with his pregnant girlfriend at the Registry of Muslim Marriages on Tuesday at 9am.

Elder brother Maqbool put up the $100,000 bail but Khan not only did not wed his fiancee, he also failed to surrender himself at 11am on Tuesday.

District Judge John Ng issued a warrant of arrest for Khan and ordered his elder brother to show cause on Sep 6 why the bail should not be forfeited.

Khan's trial for alleged trafficking of Ice, possession of another drug and of a knife was to have started on Tuesday. He is said to have committed these offences in March last year while on bail for offences that include abusing drugs and injuring a public servant. He was then ordered to be remanded.

Defence counsel Ramesh Tiwary told the court that the elder brother bailed Khan out at 2pm on Monday. The younger man then met his mother for lunch at Yishun before leaving at about 3.30pm to meet his girlfriend at her Toa Payoh home.

The couple then went to buy clothes for the wedding and returned to Yishun at 6.30pm. About half-an-hour later, he went into a mosque while his fiancee waiting outside for him. At 8pm, she grew worried and called the elder brother, who was unable to find Khan in the mosque when he arrived 15 minutes later.

Since then, Khan has not contacted anybody, said Mr Tiwary. The family believes Khan is not carrying a cell phone so they are unable to call him.

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Bail skipper nabbed in JB
By Mustafa Shafawi | Posted: 24 June 2011 1718 hrs
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SINGAPORE: A man who skipped bail and fled to Malaysia has been arrested in a joint operation between the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and its Malaysian counterpart.

Twenty-eight-year-old Irfan Ahmed Khan was arrested on Thursday near Jalan Belimbing 1 along Senai Highway in Johor.

Malaysian authorities on Friday morning handed over the custody of Irfan to CNB.

Irfan will appear on Saturday in court.

Investigations are currently under way to establish how Irfan had left the country and crossed over to Malaysia.

He was released on a one-day conditional bail by the courts on June 6 to register his wedding the following morning.

He did not turn up for his wedding solemnisation.

He had also failed to turn up for his court trial on the morning of June 7.

Irfan is facing a charge of trafficking in 190.98 grammes of methamphetamine.

The charge carries a minimum punishment of 20 years' jail and 15 strokes of the cane.

Irfan is also facing additional drug possession and possession of offensive weapon charges.

A warrant of arrest was issued against him when he absconded from his court bail on June 7.

CNB director Ng Boon Gay said he would like to thank his Malaysian counterpart, for the valuable assistance in helping in the arrest.

He added this operation also demonstrated the commitment of CNB officers to ensure justice is served.

To tackle the increasing transnational nature of drug trade, CNB said it will continue to work with its Malaysian counterpart as well as regional and international drug enforcement agencies to fight the war against drugs.

-CNA/wk