The Crown Prosecution Service is to consider whether to bring charges against two Bradford councillors who were arrested during an inquiry into suspected election fraud.

A detailed police investigation was held into possible voting irregularities after last year's General Election.

Now the police have confirmed files on 13 people have been sent to the CPS for consideration.

Tory councillors Jamshed Khan and Reis Khan were both arrested in separate raids last year.

But the Telegraph & Argus has learned that files on both of them are among the 13 set to be reviewed by the CPS's special crime division.

Jamshed Khan (City) was quizzed by police the day before the election last May and later released on bail.

At the time of the arrest he was working for Bradford West Tory parliamentary candidate Haroon Rashid, who was subsequently defeated.

The 51-year-old later resigned the Conservative party whip for the investigation to take place and became an Independent.

Police also swooped on the home of 35-year-old Councillor Reis Khan in Whetley Hill last September. He was released on police bail.

Councillor Reis Khan's Manningham seat will be contested at next month's local election although he is not standing for election.

The investigation into allegations of postal vote fraud in Bradford is the biggest in the country.

Bradford Council's returning officer for the 2005 election, Phil Robinson, worked with the police who examined 252 postal votes and applications for possible irregularities.

Today the police confirmed files on 11 men and two women had been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service following the Bradford investigation. They range in age from 17 to 52.

A spokesman for the special crime division said so far paperwork on six people had been received.

He said once all full files were available a specialist lawyer would review them.

A decision will then be made as to whether there is sufficient evidence for a realistic chance of conviction and if it is in the public interest to pursue it.

Both councillors were unavailable for comment.

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