Topless Woman's Picture Shared on WhatsApp by Pakistani-Origin UK Councillor
'Embarrassed' Sheffield City councillor Mohammad Maroof later apologised for what he called an 'honest mistake'.
London, December 6:Ā A Pakistani-origin councillor in the UK was suspended after he shared a picture of a topless womanĀ on a WhatsApp group named āMums Unitedā,Ā media reports said Thursday. 'Embarrassed'Ā Sheffield City councillor Mohammad Maroof later apologised for what he called an 'honest mistake'. However, the opposition Labour party suspended him.
Mohammad Maroof, who representsĀ Nether Edge and Sharrow Ward -Ā one of the 28 electoral wards in the City of Sheffield, England - shared the picture ofĀ a topless woman when the WhatsApp group's founderĀ Sahira Irshad presented a petition on knife crime. The suspendedĀ councillor claimed he immediatelyĀ asked members to deleteĀ the unsolicited image.Ā Viral 'Middle-Finger Fight' of Two Guys From NYC Was Staged, Watch Funny Video.
According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Maroof said he was trying to send a video of Irshad but 'accidentally' shared the objectionable image.Ā āThis is my private phone and I receive so many things that my WhatsApp has been set up to automatically save everything in my phoneās photo file," he was quoted as saying.
"Somebody sent me this photo, it may have come in the morning, and it went into my phoneās file.Ā I tried to send the group a video and by mistake I pressed the wrong photo. As soon as I realised, I asked for it to be deleted as I couldnāt delete it myself. It was only there for a second," Maroof,Ā who was educated in Pakistan and the UK, said in his defence.
He said that he has sent an apology to the group chat. "I sincerely apologise. I had no intention to do such a thing and to cause such disruption. I have a lot of respect for the group," he said.Ā Council leader Julie Dore said it was āa very serious matterā and his suspension was immediate āuntil we have ascertained the detailsā, reported PTI.
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