A Bradford curry house has been named and shamed by the Government for employing an illegal immigrant worker.

The Home Office and UK Border Agency yesterday published details of all businesses across the country where employers were found guilty of hiring workers illegally.

Bradford’s Dhanny’s Curry House and its employer Imtiaz Khan were included on the hit list of more than 100 prosecutions which have taken place under new rules introduced this year meaning businesses will be hit hard if caught out.

Mr Khan was found to have one illegal worker and was fined £5,000 last month.

No other businesses in Yorkshire were named.

Last night Mr Khan said he had accepted the punishment but could not understand why the Government was “naming and shaming” his take-away.

He said: “We have been fined and as far as we are concerned the matter is done.

“We have got the punishment and we are going to deal with it.

“I don’t understand why there is any reason bringing it up at such a late stage again.”

Following an investigation by the Border and Immigration Agency the man was arrested in March.

At the time a spokesman for the agency said the man could not prove his right to work and that this was the first operation in Bradford since the Civil Penalties fine had been introduced a week earlier.

Mr Khan said he accepted the fine as part of the law, but did not feel happy that the take away had been brought back to the public’s attention.

“The fine was ok, it had to be done, but not to bring it back up again,” he said.

“I am very unhappy about them bringing it back up again in the media.”

Mr Khan said the logistics of how the fine would be paid was still pending.

Nationally more than £500,000 has been handed out in fines.

Yesterday the Home Office announced employers will also be able to speak to UK Border Agency local teams for advice on employing migrant labour in a bid to prevent any illegal worker being hired.

And companies that continue to break the rules and hire those without the right to work will now face huge fines of up to 10,000 per illegal worker – with those caught continuing to be named and shamed.

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