Pak-origin UK councillor suspended after sending topless woman’s photo during meeting

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – A Pakistani-origin councillor in the UK sent a photo of a topless woman to a group of women during a meeting, prompting the opposition Labour party to suspend him for what he called an “honest mistake”, media reports said Thursday.

Sheffield City councillor Mohammad Maroof posted the image on a WhatsApp group named ‘Mums United’, Media repported.

As the group’s founder Sahira Irshad presented a petition on knife crime, he sent the picture to the group, it said.

Maroof, who said that he was “very embarrassed” and has apologised for what he described was an “honest mistake”, has been suspended by the Labour council pending an investigation, the report said.