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Former AIADMK leader VK Sasikala released after 4 years of imprisonment

Former AIADMK leader VK Sasikala released after 4 years of imprisonment

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BENGALURU: V K Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader has been released from prison today after the completion of all the formalities by jail officials.

The procedures for her release has been done at the Victoria Hospital, where she is presently undergoing treatment after testing positive for COVID-19, which she had contracted a week ago, along with her sister-in-law J Ilavarasi.

The close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was in the Central Jail in Parappana Agrahara here for four years since February 2017 in connection with the Rs 66 crore disproportionate assets case.

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A huge crowd of Sasikala supporters lined up outside the Victoria Hospital, raising slogans in her favour and distributed sweets in celebration.

Former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s close aide V.K Sasikala was convicted in two charges — hatching criminal conspiracy with the former and abetting her in the acquisition and possession of pecuniary resources and properties disproportionate to Jayalalithaa’s known sources of income.

The Special Court, in its September 27, 2014 judgment, which was upheld by the apex court on February 14, 2017, specifically held that Ms. Sasikala along with two other convicts — Ilavarasi and V.N. Sudhakaran — “at the time of joining the household of Jayalalithaa were not possessed of properties significant enough in their names nor did they have any independent source of income as such.”

Ms. Sasikala and two others acquired properties in their names and in the names of the 34 companies and firms, which they started during the check period, from July 1991 to April 1996, with unaccounted funds and resources of Jayalalithaa, the courts had found.

The special court had held that Ms. Sasikala and two other convicts had not only started independent concerns in their names, they even purchased/took over defunct companies, but none of these firms or companies did actually carry out any business except acquiring huge properties.

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Published On: Jan 27, 2021