Councillor Mohammad Aslam faces the hearing over his alleged conduct towards a council employee at a Ramadan event
The current deputy mayor of Pendle faces a standards hearing over alleged threats and abuse in a mosque last year regarding shop licensing and vehicle MOT laws and enforcement. He also faces questions separately over an election polling station row.
The borough council's chief executive and another senior officer first received the complaint last year. The employee described Coun Aslam as an uncle. The complaint is reproduced in a Pendle Council standards report. It includes swear words and the use of letter Xs to replace the council employee's name.
I responded out of respect ‘uncle, can we not talk about work here’. He continued to say that he was an MOT inspector and he always let people off with issues with their cars and let them resolve them later. He said you need to let people off and help them. "‘You come here f****** making your own law up and took my friends licence for his shop on Barkerhouse Road’. . He then said ‘You got my son Adnan into trouble with the police two years ago at a polling station. I still remember that. I can’t sleep at night. Every time I see your face I want to destroy you’. .
"My friend then went inside and grabbed Cllr Fraz Ahmed who is part of the mosque set-up and the nephew of Mr Aslam called Nasir. Both were told by my friend what happened and they both went over to Mr Aslam to go away. They came over to me and asked what happened and Mr Aslam’s nephew was apologetic for his behaviour. They said you go back in and ignore him. I returned to the mosque to carry on praying.
"I will now be closing the investigation with the outcome of a community resolution. Please feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss this any further."
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