LONG HILL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (1010 WINS) — A Muslim police chief who is suing the town he works for after officials allegedly made racist comments to him was suspended on Thursday.
Ahmed Naga, the first Muslim police chief for Long Hill Township, filed notice of a lawsuit for discrimination in late September and accused municipal officials of harassing him, making racist comments and facilitating a hostile work environment.
As part of the administrative leave, Naga has to turn in his service weapon and he is prohibited from entering town buildings.
The Township Committee voted to take administrative action against Naga on Sept. 16, but the nature of his alleged misconduct is not public.
Town attorneys said it is a personnel matter.
The suspension was implemented just days after Naga’s lawyer submitted audio recordings of a Township Committee member giving a sworn statement describing racist comments about the chief.
“We find it exceedingly curious, and indeed ironic, that the action taken by [the township] at this time immediately follows our providing certain revolting and sickening audio tapes and statements to [township attorneys],” Naga’s lawyer said in a letter to the town’s labor attorney, according to documents obtained by NJ.com.
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