IANS | 01 Dec, 2022
The opposition AIADMK has stepped up pressure on the Tamil Nadu
government to order a CBI probe into the alleged seizure of 'cocaine'
worth Rs 336 crore at Vadalai in Ramanathapuram district.
Leader
of the Opposition K. Palaniswami had charged that a DMK councillor was
involved in the "multi-crore deal" in which cocaine was seized on
November 27.
"How a lower-level leader of the DMK can involve in
such a major drug deal without the patronage of the higher-ups in the
party," Palaniswamy asked.
The Opposition leader also called for a CBI inquiry.
Sources
in the AIADMK told IANS: "The party is planning a series of agitations
across the state against the huge drug racket that the DMK was running
and the involvement of a DMK councillor in the alleged drug deal."
The
AIADMK leadership also is planning programmes to highlight that the law
and order situation in the state has totally "failed" and that the
state was "turning into a hub of international drug cartels".
The
Tamil Nadu police, however, maintained that the seized material was
'bio-fertiliser' and that the white powder that was confiscated from two
people in an SUV at Ramanathapuram was bio-fertiliser.
Two
arrested persons, Sarfaz Nawaz and Jainudden, had told the Coastal
Security Group (CSG) of the Tamil Nadu police that the seized substance
was bio-fertiliser and that they were trying to smuggle the goods to Sri
Lanka as it would fetch a higher price in the island nation.
