New Delhi: Interpol arrested a British national at the instance of the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) in London, who was accused by the agency in the infamous Goa child abuse case.

A CBI spokesman said on Thursday that the accused Raymond Andrew Varley had been arrested by the Interpol following issuance of a "red corner" notice last year.

The spokesman said the agency would soon send all legal documents to secure his extradition to India.

He would be the second person to be extradited in this case after E C Mcbride, a New Zealander.

The sensational case involved sexual abuse of children belonging to poor families by foreigners in an orphanage in Goa.

This case came to light in 1995 after the caretaker of the orphanage tried to lure a local boy after which the Goa police raided the house and seized photographs of children being sexually exploited.

The Goa police had charge-sheeted the caretaker and three men, staying in the same orphanage.

The case was later transferred to the CBI after instruction from the Mumbai High Court, Goa bench, to find the role of various foreigners in this racket.

In this case the caretaker of the orphanage Freddy Peat has already been convicted by the trial court while the trial of six other foreigners including Varley is continuing, the spokesman added.