RAID BROTHER ARRESTED OVER CHILD PORN

The terror suspect shot in the Forest Gate police raid has been arrested over child porn allegedly downloaded onto his family's home computer. Cops spent several hours on Thursday quizzing Mohammed Abdul Kahar, 23, over the images which came to light as detectives searched his home for a cyanide bomb. He "strenuously denies" the allegations and was released on police bail to return at a later date. News of the dramatic twist in the investigation - which was revealed exclusively in the News of the World - came minutes after cops were completely CLEARED in a report into his shooting. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) confirmed that Abdul Kahar was blasted in the shoulder as he tried to grab the gun in a struggle on the stairs. This account - first revealed by the News of the World hours after the raid on June 2 - clashes sharply with the version given by Abdul Kahar, 23, and his brother Abul Koyair, 20, a week later. The mail worker claimed he was kicked, slapped and dragged down the narrow stairway by his feet before being arrested by armed police. He claimed cops did not identify themselves before opening fire, insisted there was no struggle and said that he thought the police were armed robbers when they burst into the house at 4am. Today's IPCC report has cleared the firearms officer of deliberately pulling the trigger of his Heckler and Koch MP5 carbine. It means that the officer - identified only as 'B6' - will not face any disciplinary action or criminal charges. It said: "B6 states that he and the two figures [Kahar and Koyair] came into contact and this caused him to lose his balance and come into contact with the wall. B6 says he was aware of a pulling at his right arm. "He states that he feared that the person(s) were trying to take his weapon, and that he feared for his life." The report said that the difference between the police and brothers' accounts was due to the sudden and shocking nature of the raid. It says that the officer's bulky chemical protection suit and face-mask may have muffled his cries of 'Police'. It also suggested that the officer may not have known he had squeezed the gun's trigger because he was wearing two pairs of gloves. It said: "This must have been a very frightening situation, which would also have been very shocking. The incident also happened very quickly, and these factors are likely to have a bearing on his [Kahar's] recollection of events." The alleged discovery of child porn came out of the blue as forensic officers scoured every inch of the house for evidence of the suspected bomb following an MI5 tip-off. Abdul Kahar attended a London police station by appointment and was arrested after specialists at Scotland Yard's Child Abuse Investigation Command SCD5 examined the images. He was being held in custody as the probe continued. The terror raid - codenamed Volga - involved close to 250 officers. No bomb was ever found and the two brothers were released without charge after being questioned for a week. Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair then admitted that his force had got it "wrong" because they did not find what they were looking for. But he insisted the operation was justified and revealed that the intelligence of the bomb had come from a "credible sensitive source". The house was stripped from top to bottom in the search for evidence and the family have since been staying in swish London hotels - with taxpayers' footing the £30,000-a-month bill. Some family members are now staying at another four-star hotel, close to Buckingham Palace, where rooms start at £123 a night. In the conclusion to today's report, IPCC chief Deborah Glass wrote: "I am satisfied there is no evidence of intent or recklessness on the part of the firearms officer and that no offence was committed in the firing of the weapon. "There is no evidence to support the speculative reporting that the weapon was fired by one of the brothers, or that it was a deliberate act by the police officer." Ms Glass added: "We are continuing our investigation into the complaints made by the families subject to the raid. "The complaints include allegations of assault, unlawful arrest and detention. We will also look at the lawfulness of the police operation. These investigations are at an early stage." Solicitors acting for Kahar issued a statement condemning the IPCC report and demanding a more thorough investigation. They said that Kahar "strenuously denies" the new allegations against him and added: "It is extraordinary that the IPCC found that there are no grounds for a prosecution under health and safety legislation. "If a trained officer enters a home, with the safety catch off and discharges his weapon and shoots a man without knowing he has, then other people in the vicinity,were clearly exposed to an unreasonable risk." Met Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur said: "We have always maintained that there were two sides to this story."