AIADMK general secretary Edappadi Palaniswami has accused the Tamil Nadu government of failing to stop the sale of drugs in Tamil Nadu. He also urged the central government to intervene and take action.
“During the last three years of the DMK rule, the sale of drugs in various forms has been going on, but yesterday’s news in the media has disturbed the minds of the people of Tamil Nadu. Are the prisons of Tamil Nadu, which used to be the place to arrest drug dealers and reform them, now become a safe place to sell drugs? Doubt has arisen in people’s minds.
While selling drugs in various ways, the news that came in the media yesterday that the inmates who were involved in drug trafficking and serving prison terms, were talking to their families on cell phones and video calls while they were in prison, and were involved in smuggling and selling methamphetamine, has caused great shock among the people of Tamil Nadu.
During the DMK rule, the police has become the wing of the DMK and now there is a suspicion that the prison department has joined forces with the intelligence, law and order and prohibition units, which are fast asleep in taking action against the erring ruling party executives and their supported criminals.
In this case, there were reports in the media yesterday that Kasilingam, who is in jail after being arrested for methamphetamine smuggling, has set up a pickup point for meth cargo near a shopping mall in Senggunram and talked to his wife on video call while in jail as if he was in jail. Do prison officials care what they are talking about? No, the media has questioned that it is not known whether they were involved in the sale of drugs.
According to news reports, the Central Narcotics Control Unit detected the incident and seized the drugs and informed the Tamil Nadu Police Department and the Prison Department. It is shocking that such an incident has taken place in Chennai’s most important Puzhal Jail, where there are many high-ranking officials.
The DMK government’s police force, which always does not take action before the crime, wakes up from its slumber after the crime, and has been working for the past three years to cover up the incident and who can blame the crime.
I urge the prison department and the police to wake up and find out who the inmate was, who he spoke to, who distributed methamphetamine to him, how the money was transferred, and at least bring the original culprit and his accomplices to justice and take strict action. What will the DMK Dravida Model Chief Minister, who often self-flagellates saying that he will suppress the criminals with an iron hand?
People have lost hope that the police under the puppet Chief Minister’s control will take action as reports surface that only the ruling party cadres and their supporters are indulging in such activities.
Ports, courier services, etc. were used as major points of smuggling for drug smuggling, now prisons are being used as centers of drug trafficking, which cannot be accepted by any socially responsible person. In the interest of the people of Tamil Nadu, I urge that the central government should intervene in this issue with real concern and take strict action,” he said.
