Sasikala granted 15-day parole to attend husband's funeral
Jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala was on Tuesday granted a parole for 15 days by prison authorities to attend her husband's funeral who passed away earlier today. M Natarajan, 74, died at a hospital in Chennai early Tuesday morning, three days after he was admitted there with a severe chest infection. He had undergone a kidney transplant last year. Here's more.
Sasikala will leave for Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu
Sasikala is scheduled to leave for Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu where her husband's last rites would be performed. "A 15-day parole has been granted (to VK Sasikala) with a slew of conditions," said Jail Superintendent of Parappana Agrahara Central Jail Somashekhar. He said Sasikala is not allowed to hold public meetings or attend any political events during the period.
Sasikala can serve only the purpose of the parole
The jail superintendent further stated that as part of the conditions, she would also have to remain within her jurisdiction, which is Thanjavur, and "serve only the purpose for which parole has been granted." Sasikala, who was a close aide to former CM J Jayalalithaa, is serving a four-year prison term in the Rs. 66.6-crore disproportionate assets case at Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara jail.
