Ex-mayor in UK speaks in Urdu, asks rape-accused son to hide sex-assault video
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Naheed Ejaz, a Pakistani-origin former mayor of a UK borough, tried to help her rape-accused son, instructing him in Urdu so that cops didn't follow what she was telling him. Ejaz, of Bracknell Forest, was telling her son to hide the mobile that had the video of the sex assault of a 15-year-old girl. She has also been charged now.
A former mayor of a British borough spoke to her son in Urdu, instructing him to hide his cellphone that contained the video of him allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, according to a report in The Times. Naheed Ejaz, who was born and educated in Pakistan, was earlier the mayor of Bracknell Forest, a borough in Berkshire, the UK, and has been charged with perversion of justice. Her son, Diwan Khan, is being tried for drugging and raping a minor in 2024.
Naheed Ejaz spoke in Urdu even as she tried to delay the entry of police officers into her home, the UK-based newspaper reported, citing court proceedings.
Ejaz, who is part of the Labor Party, served as the mayor of Bracknell Forest from May 2023 until May 2024. She resigned as a councillor in October 2024. She had previously stated that she was proud of becoming the borough's "first Pakistani Muslim mayor." According to her LinkedIn Account, she is originally from Pakistan, having done her Bachelor of Arts from University of the Punjab in Lahore, and her Master's in Arts from University of Sargodha.
According to The Times, her son, Diwan Khan, who had served as Ejaz's consort when she was the mayor, was accused of giving a 15-year-old girl a drink of vodka laced with MDMA (a type of methamphetamine), before proceeding to rape her after she had passed out. The incident took place in June 2024.
Speaking to the police, the survivor stated that Diwan Khan had shot a video of the sex assault that he showed her after she gained consciousness in the back of Khan's car. She stated that Khan had used the video to blackmail her later, saying that Kahn messaged her later warning that he would show her mother the video if she said anything and that she "belonged" to him.
She also stated that Khan had threatened to "slit her throat" if she told anyone about the attack, according to The Times report.
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