An agent from British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s personal security team He was arrested on Monday after it was learned that he bet on the date of the general elections, that will be celebrated on July 4, the London Police confirmed this Wednesday.

Scotland Yard has indicated that the police He was suspended and later arrested as a suspect of misconduct in public office, after the National Gambling Commission indicated it was investigating several bets on the election date made just before Sunak revealed it on May 22.

Last week, Conservative politician Craig Williams, the prime minister’s aide, acknowledged that there had been “made a mistake“by also betting money that the elections would be in July, after being contacted by a journalist in relation to the commission’s investigation.

The gambling regulatory body is trying to determine, among other things, whether some players They had access to preferential information which gave them an advantage in the pools. The announcement of the election date for July 4 was a surprise in the United Kingdom, as Sunak had indicated that they could be in the fall.

The vice leader of the Liberal Democratic Party – the third national force -, Daisy Cooper, demanded that the prime minister order an investigation within his Executive before “the smell of corruption”to find out “who knew what and when.”