POLICE in east London confirmed yesterday they are investigating new allegations following last week’s High Court electoral fraud judgement which removed Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman from office.

The Metropolitan Police Service said it had appointed a detective superintendent from its homicide and major crime command to oversee a review of the 200-page report published by the High Court last week.

Five new allegations, which had not been previously reported to police, have been identified within that report, the Met said.

Four of those are now being assessed to see if a criminal investigation should be carried out.

The High Court report also included new material on 47 other allegations previously reported to police.

Mr Rahman was ordered to step down as mayor of the London borough last week after Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey found him guilty of corrupt and illegal practices.

Mr Rahman was found “personally” guilty of wrongdoing and “guilty by his agents” by Mr Mawrey, who ruled that Mr Rahman should be barred from running for office for five years and that the 2014 Tower Hamlets mayoral election would have to be re-run.