{"id":661845,"date":"2026-05-11T08:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661845\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:16:15","slug":"scarborough-councillor-kandavel-surprised-he-is-under-opp-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661845\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarborough councillor Kandavel &#8216;surprised&#8217; he is under OPP investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto councillor Parthi Kandavel says he is currently the subject of an Ontario Provincial Police investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Scarborough Southwest councillor said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/parthikandavel\/p\/DYLBZaHGrED\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">in a social media post on Sunday<\/a> that he was \u201csurprised\u201d to learn of the investigation, but provided no further details as to the nature of the probe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve worked hard to earn the trust of the people of Scarborough Southwest, which I take seriously. I\u2019ve strived to maintain the highest standards of ethics and integrity and will address any allegations that suggest otherwise,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still learning more about the investigation and the nature of the allegations, and will share more as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CityNews reached out to the OPP for more details, but had yet to receive a response.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear if the investigation will affect Kandavel\u2019s plans to run in the upcoming municipal elections this fall. As of Friday, he had not registered as a candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Kandavel has represented Scarborough Southwest since winning a byelection in 2023 after Gary Crawford left City Hall in order to run provincially for the Progressive Conservatives. The former TDSB trustee defeated Kevin Rupasinghe by almost 800 votes.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto councillor Parthi Kandavel says he is currently the subject of an Ontario Provincial Police investigation. The Scarborough&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-661845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}