BREAKING: Labour Deputy Mayor Placed Under Investigation – Son Also Once Arrested for Trying to Join ISIS

A local authority’s standards body has launched an emergency investigation into a newly appointed Labour Deputy Mayor – However, Labour are once again trying to cover-up the circumstances.

Following the lodging of a complaint, Rochdale Council has opened its investigation into Councillor Shakil Ahmed, however it is unclear if Mr. Ahmed will appear before a standards committee hearing or what penalties would be applied if the accusations against him turn out to be true – because, as of yet, the Labour Party refuses to provide any details about the complaint.

Labour Deputy Mayor Shakil Ahmed.

Mr. Ahmed has declined to respond and no other information has been given.

Born in Kashmir and brought up in the UK, Shakil went to primary school in Coventry before moving to Rochdale in 1984, attending Broadfield High School.

In 2015, police searched the Labour Councillor’s home after his son was arrested on the Turkish border with Syria as he allegedly attempted to illegally enter the war-torn country to join an Islamic terrorist group.

Councillor Ahmed’s son, Waheed, shortly after being detained trying to join ISIS.

At the time, Mr. Ahmed said he was “shocked” and “extremely upset” when he was alerted that Turkish security forces arrested his son and four other Britons in Hatay province. However, it then came to light that his sister and seven other relatives were also among the group arrested with his son, casting doubt over the Labour Councillor’s claims of being unaware of his son’s plans.

Waheed Ahmed, son of Rochdale Labour councillor Shakil Ahmed, was detained with other family members after attempting to go to the so-called ‘Islamic State’.

Mystery surrounds the current complaint against Councillor Ahmed, and there has been no suggestion of a connection with the ‘ISIS incident’ in 20145.

According to a council representative, an inquiry is currently ongoing and will be handled by the council’s standards process after the complaint has been evaluated.

“No further comment will be provided until the investigation has concluded,” the council spokesman told the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

The incident follows a similar pattern of recent investigations and scandals involving the Labour Party – with the Labour Party refusing to be transparent with the press or the general public about the majority of cases.

VoteWatch will provide an update in due course.