A POLICE officer has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over the leak of information to national newspapers about Tory former chief whip Andrew Mitchell’s tirade at officers on Downing Street.
A constable in the Diplomatic Protection Group was held on Saturday evening and bailed to return next month.
Mr Mitchell resigned in October after weeks of controversy over what he was reported to have said to police after being told he could not ride his bike through the main gates.
Scotland Yard said that on Thursday the Met received fresh information regarding the alleged unauthorised disclosure of information.
The statement added: “The officer arrested was not on duty at the time of the incident in Downing Street.”
