Officer faces misconduct hearing over Saima Ahmed search failings
A police officer is facing possible disciplinary action over the mysterious death of a missing librarian whose body was found on a golf course 400 miles from her home.
The unnamed Acting Detective Chief Inspector with the Metropolitan Police will be summoned to a misconduct meeting next month over his role in the search for Saima Ahmed, following an investigation by the police watchdog.
The 36-year-old’s body was found near Edinburgh’s Gogarburn Golf Club in January 2016 after she was reported missing from her home in Wembley, London, in August 2015. To date, no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death have been discovered, and her family say they have no idea why she would have travelled to the Scottish capital.
The Independent Police Complains Commission said it is believed the officer has a case to answer for misconduct “for failing to pursue lines of enquiry arising out of Saima’s last known sighting or document a rationale for not doing so”.
This may have been a breach of his professional standards, the watchdog said.
It means the officer will attend a meeting next month to decide on his actions and any subsequent sanctions.
The seriousness of the allegation would result in additional training or advice, rather than a dismissal,