A senior Manchester councillor has been suspended by Labour pending investigation amid a civil war that has seen two separate police allegations result from a bitter local selection process.
Coun Rabnawaz Akbar has been ‘administratively’ suspended by the party in relation to one of the complaints, after what police described as an alleged ‘incident of public disorder’ between two men.
The resulting allegation, which it is understood Coun Akbar strongly denies, is being investigated as a hate crime by officers.
READ MORE: The Greater Manchester town where men die before their time A separate allegation, not against Coun Akbar, has also been made following a different disturbance, one involving a separate group of people that didn't include
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