Sulochana, DMK’s Women’s Wing Secretary for Chennai West and her son Parameswaran who is the Secretary of the party’s youth wing in Thousand Lights, were arrested by the Teynampet police on Wednesday afternoon.
The Teynampet police got a tipoff that Parameswaran was selling ganja in Teynampet’s Kamarajar street. Along with him, his friend Vignesh was also arrested for selling ganja that too in a zone cordoned off due to COVID-19.
During interrogation, Parameswaran revealed that he and his mother Sulochana were involved in selling ganja secretly in the city. It was found that both had used their political influence to sell ganja and also hold kangaroo courts (kattapanchyatthu) in the city.
2 kilos of ganja packed into small packets were seized. A case has been registered.