KOZHIKODE: Wanted smuggler Abu Laiz has friends not only in the LDF, but also in the UDF. If earlier he was seen in the company of LDF legislative members P.T.A. Rahim and Karat Rasaq, now he has been shown posing with DCC president T. Siddique and Youth League leader P.K. Firoz. The photographs taken at a five-star hotel in Dubai have been circulating fast on the social networking sites. Mr Siddique told reporters that many Keralites had taken photographs with him when he went for election campaign in Dubai. “I am not acquainted with him in anyway,” he said and added that he welcomed any investigation regarding the photograph.
Earlier, a photograph of Mr Rahim and Mr Karat Rasaq posing with Abu Laiz had been widely circulated triggering a controversy. Mr Rahim clarified that he is a relative of Abu Laiz and also close to his father. The photograph controversy was a sequel to the luxury can incident last week when CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, leading the Janajagratha Yathra, travelled on a Mini Cooper car owned by Karat Faizal who has alleged links with the smuggling lobby.
