DMK leader Periasamy passes away

A veteran party leader and a former MLA, he is the father of former minister Geetha Jeevan and party functionary N P Jegan.

May 26, 2017 07:36 pm | Updated 07:38 pm IST - Chennai

DMK working president M.K. Stalin paying final tribute to N. Periasamy, DMK leader who expired in Chennai on Friday.

DMK working president M.K. Stalin paying final tribute to N. Periasamy, DMK leader who expired in Chennai on Friday.

DMK’s Tuticorin (South) district secretary and former MLA, N. Periasamy died at a private hospital here on Friday after a brief illness, the party said.

Party working president M.K. Stalin along with leaders including Rajya Sabha MP, R S Barathy placed a wreath on the body of 78-year-old Periasamy.

Periasamy was undergoing treatment for an ailment for sometime at the hospital and he died at 7 am, the party said.

A veteran party leader and a former MLA, he is the father of former minister Geetha Jeevan and party functionary N P Jegan.

A party release said party flags will be flown at half-mast for three days beginning today and party programmes will be deferred.

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