DMK sacks member amid reports of alleged drug cartel links

DMK general secretary Durai Murugan on Sunday said AR Jaffer Sadiq has been dismissed from the party’s primary membership for violating party discipline

Published on: Feb 26, 2024, 13:36:43 IST

By Divya Chandrababu

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The DMK on Sunday expelled Chennai-based film producer and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (DMK) Chennai West deputy organiser (NRI Wing) AR Jaffer Sadiq from the party for “indulging in activities that brought dishonour to the party”.

Though the party did not release any specific reason, the announcement came after reports emerged from Delhi that he had alleged links with an international drug cartel that was jointly busted by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Delhi Police.

DMK general secretary Durai Murugan on Sunday said Sadiq has been dismissed from the party’s primary membership for violating party discipline.

“No party members should be in contact with him,” the statement said.

BJP’s Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai urged the state government to take action, and said, “It raises serious doubts that the name of an office bearer of the DMK is linked to a drug racket.”

According to the reports, the international drug racket smuggled pseudoephedrine via air and sea.

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Divya Chandrababu
Divya Chandrababu is an award-winning political and human rights journalist based in Chennai, India. Divya is presently Assistant Editor of the Hindustan Times where she covers Tamil Nadu & Puducherry. She started her career as a broadcast journalist at NDTV-Hindu where she anchored and wrote prime time news bulletins. Later, she covered politics, development, mental health, child and disability rights for The Times of India. Divya has been a journalism fellow for several programs including the Asia Journalism Fellowship at Singapore and the KAS Media Asia- The Caravan for narrative journalism. Divya has a master's in politics and international studies from the University of Warwick, UK. As an independent journalist Divya has written for Indian and foreign publications on domestic and international affairs.Read More

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