Britain's most senior Muslim police officer Mak Chishty who leads the Met Police community outreach programme is stepping down sparking complaints by colleagues that he should have been promoted.
The news of his resignation prompted a senior anti-terrorism official to say that Chistie should have been promoted to deputy assistant commissioner a long time ago.
Police insiders who have worked with Chisty, 49, said that he was 'seriously unestimated'. Chisty a vocal opponent of the extremist ideology from the community led the vigil for the victims of the Westminster attack in March.
An intelligence source who has worked with Chisty on anti-extremism operation reportedly told The Sunday Times, “The Met has lost the main interlocutor with the Muslim communities both in London and nationally at a time when the relationship between Islamic communities and the police and security services is most crucial.”
Chisty was born in Birmingham, served in Warwickshire police before the Met six years ago.
