Mufti Shameen Kazmi sacked from Team Anna

In a significant development yesterday, Team Anna member Mufti Shameen Kazmi was sacked from the Core Committee of the group for allegedly recording the proceedings of the discussions.

Kazmi was reportedly secretly recording the proceedings of the core committee meeting using his mobile phone. It was alleged that he recorded the events to send them to journalists.

Kazmi has refuted all the allegations and alleged that there is a rift within Team Anna on various issues. He also claimed that Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan wanted to contest elections. Kazmi further alleged that Arvind Kejriwal and Kumar Biswas had a heated altercation at a meeting.

Earlier yesterday, Kazmi had moved out of the core committee meeting yesterday and announced his resignation. He accused Team Anna of being "anti-Muslim". Later, Team Anna clarified that he was sacked, not resigned on his own.