{
  "id": 20021936,
  "title": "Who is Bilal Kazi? Indian-origin student jailed in UK for 30 years for grooming 70 girls; how he exploited minors online",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/who-is-bilal-kazi-indian-origin-student-jailed-in-uk-for-30-years-for",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-14T18:07:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/world/who-is-bilal-kazi-indian-origin-student-jailed-in-uk-for-30-years-for-grooming-70-girls-how-he-exploited-minors-online-11794678559060.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bilal Kazi, a 27-year-old Indian national born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in the United Kingdom on November 13, 2026, for grooming and sexually exploiting 70 minors through social media and online gaming platforms. Kazi, who had already been a registered sex offender under a Sexual Risk Order, pleaded guilty to a series of child sexual abuse offences at Chester Crown Court. Authorities discovered that Kazi, who moved to the UK for higher education, had used platforms like Snapchat, Roblox, and Wink to approach and manipulate his victims, convincing them he was a white British teenage boy named Reece. Once trust was established, Kazi pressured the girls to share sexually explicit content and eventually blackmailed them into performing sexual acts. The investigation began in November 2021 when a 13-year-old girl reported her experience to Derbyshire Police, and it expanded after police uncovered over 400 indecent images and 500 additional images on Kazi's devices. Kazi was arrested at Heathrow Airport in July 2023 and faces additional eight years on extended licence.",
  "summary": "Indian-origin student Bilal Kazi, 27, has been jailed for 30 years in UK for grooming and sexually exploiting 70 girls online. Using a fake teenage identity on Snapchat, Roblox and Wink, he coerced minors into sharing explicit images and blackmailed them with threats of exposure.",
  "key_points": [
    "Bilal Kazi, 27-year-old Indian national, sentenced to 30 years in UK prison.",
    "Groomed and sexually exploited 70 minors via social media and online gaming.",
    "Used Snapchat, Roblox, and Wink to manipulate victims, blackmailed for explicit content."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}