Accusations of hypocrisy have been levelled at UKIP's small business spokesman after it emerged that seven people were arrested for immigration offences in a raid on his restaurant.
The eurosceptic party have made immigration a centrepiece of their election campaign and have stoked controversy with posters warning about the threat of foreign labour to UK jobs.
The Home Office confirmed that seven people were arrested "for a variety of immigration offences" and a civil penalty notice was served after the raid on the Zouk Teas Bar and Grill in Manchester on June 1 last year, according to The Times.
UKIP has warned about the threat of foreign labour to UK jobs The restaurant was set up by UKIP European election candidate Amjad Bashir with his two sons Tayub and Mudassar, who have denied any wrongdoing.
Party leader Nigel Farage said they are appealing and he was not going to "prejudge" the case.
The Times said that three days after the raid, Mr Bashir resigned as a director of the company which owns the restaurant, and a sister branch in Bradford, but he remains a major shareholder and has continued to take a role in the running of the business.
Mr Bashir, 61, is second on UKIP's list of candidates for the Yorkshire and the Humber region in this month's European elections.
Tayub Bashir told The Times they were appealing against the civil penalty notice.
He said the restaurant conducted immigration checks on all employees and vigorously denied any wrongdoing.
Mr Farage said: "His son is the director and runs that business and they had an argument and a row with the immigration people which they are appealing. I'm not going to prejudge that."
Liberal Democrat MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber Edward McMillan-Scott told the newspaper: "Forget the obvious hypocrisy; employing illegal immigrants is exploitative and against the law."
The restaurant, which opened in 2009, featured in UKIP's latest party political broadcast.
In it Mr Bashir is seen overseeing the cooking and talking about the challenges of starting a business in the UK.
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