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The Ontario city of Brampton has notified police about allegations of sexual misconduct by a city councillor toward a fellow member of a Canadian trade mission to Turkey last month.

The Toronto-area municipality said it referred the matter to the local Peel Regional Police and the city’s integrity commissioner, and has zero tolerance “regarding any type of sexual misconduct, harassment, or bullying.”

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The scenario raises the unusual prospect of police here looking into alleged misconduct involving two Canadians — one an elected official — in a foreign country.

But Coun. Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, chair of the city’s economic development committee, said Tuesday he has never been “charged, arrested or under investigation.”

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An “official complaint” has not been leveled against him with the city and police have not questioned him about any matter, Dhillon said in a statement, adding that at no time during the mission “did I participate in any inappropriate conduct.”