A Green Party councillor has reportedly been arrested in Lancashire on suspicion of modern slavery and assault offences.

Former taxi driver turned Green Party councillor Sohail Asghar, 29, has been suspended from the leftist party amid a modern slavery probe, the Lancashire Telegraph reported.

The Accrington West and Oswaldtwistle Central councillor will now sit as an independent on the council.

Ashgar, who is also a member of the Progressive Lancashire Group which sits in opposition to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK on the Lancashire county council, was reportedly arrested earlier this month in Accrington.

The Lancashire Police confirmed that they…

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