Jayalalithaa expels former DGP R Nataraj from AIADMK

Chennai: AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday dismissed former DGP R Nataraj from the primary membership of the party for "anti-party activities".

"Since he was found in indulging in anti-party acitivities causing disrepute to the party, R Nataraj has been dismissed from the party with effect from today", she said in a statement here.

Cadres are requested not to have any kind of contact with him in future, she said.

A 1975 batch IPS officer, Nataraj became City Police Commissioner in 2003. He had also served Tamil Nadu Public Services Commission as its Chairman.

Last year, he had formally joined AIADMK.