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| Asian police chief in race claim | Asian police chief in race claim |
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| The country's most senior Asian police officer has lodged a £1.2m claim of racial discrimination against his own force, BBC News understands. | |
| Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur lodged the claim against the Metropolitan Police with an employment tribunal on Friday. | Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur lodged the claim against the Metropolitan Police with an employment tribunal on Friday. |
| He claims he was discriminated against on grounds of race, religion and age. | He claims he was discriminated against on grounds of race, religion and age. |
| The Metropolitan Police (Met) said they could not comment until they received details of the claim. | |
| Mr Ghaffur is head of security planning for London's 2012 Olympics. | |
| His claim is understood to be for £1.2m in loss of earnings and damages. | |
| 'Saddened' | |
| In June he made a number of allegations against the Met, which included claims he was silenced over his concerns about detaining terrorist suspects for up to 42 days. | |
| Mr Ghaffur also said he had been sidelined by Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair in key decisions. | |
| Sir Ian is believed to be named as one of the two respondents in Mr Ghaffur's claim. | |
| A spokesman for the National Black Police Association confirmed that the papers were lodged at 1600 BST on Friday. | |
| He said: "We are saddened that the case is going to an employment tribunal. We wanted it to be settled by mediation." | |
| Further details about the claim are expected to be released next week. | |
| Mr Ghaffur has spoken out against the police before. | |
| In 2006 he said that Muslims were being discriminated against as the result of anti-terror legislation. |