Popular Indian restaurant loses licence after immigration raid finds staff hiding in toilets and posing as customers
On one occasion, a worker with red-stained hands and curry sauce on his clothes posed as a customer at the well-known eatery
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A popular Indian restaurant where illegal workers were paid with diners leftover food has had its licence to operate revoked. Council chiefs heard how desperate, fleeing illegal workers striped off their kitchen attire, hid in toilets and posed as customers during immigration raids at Akbar Dynasty, off the A66 at Sadberge.
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image captionAkbar Dynasty had been raided several times by immigration officers
A restaurant owner who paid illegal workers with diners leftover food has had his licence revoked.
Staff at Akbar Dynasty in Sadberge, near Darlington, hid in toilets or posed as customers during an immigration raid in 2020, Darlington Council s licensing committee heard.
During interviews one worker told officers he was paid with whatever was left at the end of the night .
The Home Office sought the revocation of Abdul Mannan Shabul Ali s licence.
The council was told Mr Ali had been fined £35,000 in 2019 for employing illegal workers at the 50-seat eatery after he showed no evidence that he made any checks on the eligibility of workers.
Indian restaurant off A66 in County Durham loses licence after immigration raid finds staff hiding in toilets
One illegal worker was found hiding in the toilets and another was sitting in the restaurant area at Akbar Dynasty at Sadberge
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