MP backs probe into bugging claims

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An inquiry has been launched into claims that Labour's Sadiq Khan had his conversations bugged twice while meeting Babar Ahmad.

Mr Ahmad is in detention awaiting deportation to the USA over the alleged running of a website raising funds for Taliban and Chechen terrorists in the 1990s.

He is a childhood friend of Government whip Mr Khan, 37, the MP for Tooting, London.

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has ordered an internal inquiry into the claims, reported in The Sunday Times.

Mr Khan told BBC1's The Andrew Marr show: "Clearly I'm concerned. That's why I'm pleased Jack Straw, as soon as he heard about these allegations (on Saturday), has ordered an inquiry.

"I'm obviously keen ... to find out whether the allegations are true because the implications clearly are quite serious."

Detectives from Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist squad are alleged to have bugged meetings between Mr Khan and Mr Ahmad at Woodhill prison in Milton Keynes in 2005 and 2006.

Mr Khan was meeting Mr Ahmad while campaigning against his extradition.

The Sunday Times claims it has seen a document which showed there was internal concern about bugging the MP but it went ahead anyway. A spokesman for Scotland Yard said it was "not prepared to discuss" the allegations.