The head of Britain’s biggest staff association for police officers has been sacked after being arrested on suspicion of fraud.
Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) chief executive Mukund Krishna has had his contract with a salary and bonuses of £320,000 a year terminated after police launched a criminal investigation into allegations of fraud by abuse of position.
The 46-year-old police leader was held in March at his home in Surrey. Two other former senior members of the national staff association – a 51-year-old man from Wales and a 55-year-old man from Bristol – were also arrested for the same offence.
A City of London Police investigation into allegations of fraud relating to governance and financial decision-making within the PFEW, which represents 145,000 rank and file officers, is still continuing.
But the Mail understands that an agreement has been reached with Mr Krishna in which he agreed to leave his post immediately without serving any notice period nor receiving any payout.
Today the federation announced: ‘Mukund Krishna’s employment with the Police Federation of England and Wales came to an end on 31 May 2026.
‘His basic salary, without bonus, was paid up to that point. He will not receive any further payments.
‘A process to appoint a permanent Chief Executive will begin in due course.’
Mukund Krishna served as chief executive of the Police Federation of England and Wales
It comes just weeks after the police leader was accused of dismissing women as ‘stupid’ in an employment tribunal.
Gemma Fox is suing the federation claiming she was forced out of her promising career as deputy national secretary of the federation after Mr Krishna allegedly called her ‘stupid’, telling her ‘I know what women are like’.
Mr Krishna is said to have told Ms Fox that she was unable to perform her job without his support and called another woman ‘stupid and belligerent’.
Ms Fox claims she was called ‘weak’, ‘stupid’ and was the butt of jokes about female drivers and was also criticised, she says, for attending meetings virtually after giving birth to her daughter.
The case at Watford Employment Tribunal is ongoing and the federation denies the allegations.
Mr Krishna has not spoken publicly about her claims, nor has he addressed the ongoing fraud investigation.
The Mail understands that the fraud allegations were made to police more than a year ago, with some disclosures to detectives coming from current and past members of the federation.
Shortly before his arrest, Mr Krishna wrote a piece in the Guardian promising more support from the PFEW for whistleblowers.
The former management consultant has previously been credited with helping turn around the federation’s finances after it lost an expensive court case and incurred a bill running into millions.
Defeats over a data breach and an employment tribunal case left the federation with a potential £110million bill – which Mr Krishna negotiated down to £40million.
A Police Federation spokesman has previously said: ‘We are aware that three individuals connected to the Police Federation have been arrested as part of an ongoing police investigation.
‘This is a live matter and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage. The organisation is cooperating fully with the relevant authorities.’
