Labour councillor is investigated after appearing to back a terror group by sharing tributes to...

Kaur shared tributes to militants seeking a Sikh state in north-western India . The Labour councillor for Smethwick is running in Thursday's local electionsA Labour councillor is being investigated by the party after appearing to show support for a banned terror group.

But councillor Kaur, who is running in tomorrow's local elections to retain her seat in the Smethwick ward on Sandwell Council, is believed to have outraged party staff and local activists due to her views on the group. Mayoral candidate reported to police Labour's West Midlands mayoral candidate has been reported to police for allegedly breaching electoral law over his 'home address'.

A spokesman for Mr Parker said: 'The last-minute, shameful political game-playing is a total waste of police time.' Separately, the councillor shared a post on a WhatsApp group of councillors and activists in the West Midlands praising former Babbar Khalsa leader Sukhdev Singh Babbar.Babbar founded the group in 1978 with the objective of forming an independent state for Sikhs in Punjab.

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