The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested former DMK leader Jaffer Sadiq in connection with a money laundering case linked to drug offenses. Sadiq, who was already in Tihar jail under an NDPS case, was arrested on June 26 after being interrogated by ED officials.
The agency intends to seek his remand once he appears in court. Earlier this month, the court permitted ED to question Sadiq in Tihar Jail and record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Special NDPS judge Sudhir Kumar Sirohi granted ED permission to examine Sadiq on June 25 and 26, directing the jail authorities to facilitate the process.
Special Public Prosecutor NK Matta, representing ED, requested permission to use laptops and printers during the examination to record statements, citing the recovery of 50kg of Pseudoephedrine.
Previously, on May 1, the court had allowed ED to record statements of Sadiq and four others in Tihar Jail.
ED’s investigation includes raids conducted in Tamil Nadu as part of a probe into drug-related money laundering involving Sadiq, who was earlier arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in an international drug trafficking case.
The ED initiated its case against Sadiq following findings by the NCB linking him to influential individuals and revealing his alleged role in smuggling pseudoephedrine to countries like Australia, New Zealand, and Malaysia.