SKEWERED

Takeaway boss says he's forced to close business as scared kebab staff quit following immigration raid

- MOIRA KERR

A TAKEAWAY boss has said he was forced to close his business after frightened staff quit following a mobhanded raid by officers from Immigration Enforcement.

We reported on Friday that 14 officers stormed Kebabish takeaway in Oban, interrogating four workers.

The men were arrested before being taken away in vans for further questioning, before three were "de-arrested" as they were working legally. A fourth man was taken to a detention centre in Glasgow.

Business owner Shaukat Chaudhry says the men, from Pakistan, all have the required visas and permits to work for him.

But Chaudhry, 55, who owns Mondo restaurant next door to the takeaway, said yesterday both businesses have now been forced to close as staff fear working there.

He said: "Six full-time staff and three part-time staff from the takeaway and the restaurant have now left because they were terrified.