{"id":24684,"date":"2017-11-03T16:26:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T16:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=24684"},"modified":"2017-11-03T16:26:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T16:26:05","slug":"nri-trapped-paedophile-hunters-jailed-uk-trying-meet-14-year-old-girl-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/03\/nri-trapped-paedophile-hunters-jailed-uk-trying-meet-14-year-old-girl-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"NRI trapped by &#8216;paedophile hunters&#8217;, jailed in UK for trying to meet 14 year old girl for sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Balachandran Kavungalparambath, 38, a business manager at Citibank in East London has been given a 15 month sentence for attempting to meet up with a young 14 year old.<\/p>\n<p>Online chats show numerous messages shared between the <em>&#8216;Internet Interceptors&#8217;<\/em>, who posed as the 14 year old girl and Mr Kavungalparambath himself. Mr Kavungalparambath flew from London to Birmingham, checking into a hotel where he was expecting to meet the young girl, but was instead confronted by <em>Internet Interceptors<\/em>, the team that hunts paedophiles.<\/p>\n<p>Two months after this confrontation the <em>Internet Interceptors <\/em>exposed Balachandran Kavungalparambath through a live Facebook video, which lead to his sentence, followed by his deportation back to India.<\/p>\n<p>Balachandran Kavungalparambath groomed the girl via Whatsapp, convincing her to have sex with him and explaining how her first sexual encounter would be painful.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-24685\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/balachandran-chat-1-1-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/balachandran-chat-1-1-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/balachandran-chat-1-1-263x420.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/balachandran-chat-1-1.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mr Kavungalparambath is married and a father, denied any intention to have sexual intercourse with the girl; he claimed he only want to have lunch with her and assumed she was 18, blaming her saying that she invited him to come over to the hotel room.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But as I said, I was supposed to have a chat with her, it was not with the intention of getting her into a bed and having sex with her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>His alleged intention was brought to light as the messages including direct sexual references were read out. The sexually explicit chat revealed Mr Kavungalparambath&#8217;s yearning to perform sexual acts which was enough evidence to convince the court of his crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to leave the country and I will lose my job. I am from India.\u201d Kavungalparambath was heard crying and pleading to the <em>Internet Interceptors<\/em> and later admitted his intention was to have sexual intercourse with the girl.<\/p>\n<p>A pack of condoms and a perfume were found in Balachandran Kavungalparambath&#8217;s bag; he claimed the perfume was a gift for the girl and his objective was &#8216;not to make [her] pregnant&#8217; yet the meeting was to end with them &#8216;making love&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Internet Interceptors<\/em> said that they had little information on Kavungalparambath. &#8220;We called his wife and informed her about this, but she\u00a0hung up on us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Internet Interceptors<\/em><em> posted a one hour long video of Mr Kavungalparambath getting arrested. <\/em>Balachandran Kavungalparambath will be listed on UK sex offender register for 10 years and will be given a 10 year sexual harm prevention order. He will be deported back to India after serving his sentence. Citibank has disclosed Mr Kavungalparambath is no longer an employee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balachandran Kavungalparambath, 38, a business manager at Citibank in East London has been given a 15 month sentence for attempting to meet up with a young 14 year old. Online chats show numerous messages shared between the &#8216;Internet Interceptors&#8217;, who posed as the 14 year old girl and Mr Kavungalparambath himself. 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