Group of men charged with 141 counts of rape against girls as young as 13

Police in West Yorkshire have charged 32 men with sexual offences against eight girls aged between 13 and 16.

The men, mainly from the Kirklees area of West Yorkshire, were charged following an extensive investigation into child sexual exploitation.

West Yorkshire Police said Operation Tourway looked at offences spanning 1999 to 2012 and relating to eight female victims.

The force said some of the girls were also subjected to offences when they were young adults.

The offences include rape, drugs offences and trafficking. Of the 32 men, Zafar Qayum, 41, from Dewsbury, has been charged charged with 17 rape offences; and Ansar Mahmood Qayum, 43, also from Dewsbury, has been charged with 13 rape offences.

Locations where the alleged offending took place include parts of Kirklees, Bradford and Wakefield.

The men are due appear at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court on Friday and Monday.

Watch: Four charged with criminal damage following toppling of Bristol’s Colston statue

Names and charges of the arrested men:

• Asif Ali, 50, of Batley, charged with rape offences (x12), inciting sexual activity with a child (x2), supply class B drugs (x1), trafficking (x1), aiding and abetting rape (x1) assisting in the commission of an indictable offence (x1) making an indecent photo of a child (x2), possession of extreme pornographic images (x1)

• Amer Ali Hussain, 42, of Batley, charged with rape (x2)

• Sarfraz Miraf, 45, of Dewsbury, charged with rape offences (x1)

• Nazam Hussain, 43, of Dewsbury, charged with rape offences (x4)

• Mohammed Nazam Nasser, 35, of Batley, charged with rape offences (x3)

• Moshin Nadat, 35, from Batley, served with a postal requisition for rape offences (x2)

• Michael Birkenshaw, 34, from Wakefield served with a postal requisition for rape (x1)

• Zafar Qayum, 41, from Dewsbury, charged with rape offences (x17), gross indecency (x4), indecent assault (x9), assault (x1), sexual activity with a child (x1), sexual assault (x1), theft (x1) and aiding and abetting rape (x2)

• Jabbar Qayum, 39, from Dewsbury, charged with rape offences (x6) and aiding and abetting rape (x2)

• Ansar Mahmood Qayum, 43, from Dewsbury, charged with rape offences (x13), attempted indecent assault (x2), aiding and abetting rape (x2)

• Mohammed Tauseef Hanif, 36, from Dewsbury, charged with rape offences (x4)

• Ali Hussain Shah, 35, from Dewsbury, served with a postal requisition for rape offences (x2)

• Saleem Mohammed Nasir, 44, from Dewsbury, charged with rape offences (x3) and conspiracy to rape (x1)

• Amran Mehrban, 37, from Batley, charged with rape offences (x2), false imprisonment (x1) and sexual assault (x1)

• Ebrahim Pandor, 41, from Dewsbury, charged with rape offences (x1) and trafficking (x2)

• Shakil Daji, 41, from Batley, charged with rape offences (x2) and trafficking (x1)

• Mohammed Imran Zada, 41, from Batley, served with a postal requisition for rape offences (x6), indecent assault (x2) and sexual activity with a child (x1)

• Sarkaut Yasen, 35, from Dewsbury, charged with trafficking (x1) and aiding and abetting rape (x2)

• Amjad Hussain, 41, from Dewsbury, charged with rape offences (x2)

• Asuk Hussain, 50, from Dewsbury, charged with rape (x2)

• Zafar Iqbal, 35, from Batley, charged with rape offences (x7), trafficking (x2) and supplying a Class B drug (x1)

• Nasar Iqbal, 35, from Batley, charged with rape offences (x7) and trafficking (x2)

• Bilal Mahmood Patel, 38, from Leicester, charged with rape offences (x2)

• Khurum Raziq, 38, from Heckmondwike, served with a postal requisition for rape offences (x8)

• Irfan Khan, 34, from Batley, served with a postal requisition for rape offences (x4), threats to kill (x1), false imprisonment (x1) and harassment (x1)

• Omar Farooq Hussain, 36, from Dewsbury, charged with rape offences (x8) and supplying class A drugs (x1)

• Sarfraz Hussain Riaz, 37, from Liversedge, charged with rape offences (x2) and attempted rape (x1)

• Rameez Cheema, 33, from Batley, charged with rape offences (x1)

• Nasar Hussain, 42, from Dewsbury, charged with rape offences (x6)

• Mohammed Chothia, 41, from Batley, served with a postal requisition for rape offences (x8)

• Sajad Hussain, 37, from Batley, served with a postal requisition for rape offences (x1), false imprisonment (x1), trafficking (x1), aiding and abetting rape (x1) and supplying Class C drugs (x1)

• Yasser Ali, 31, from Dewsbury, served with a postal requisition for rape offences (x2)

Watch: Suspect Ordered Held For Trial In Connection With Sex Assault Of Juvenile