Jayalalithaa's Death: Key Report Faults Doctors, Close Aide VK Sasikala
NDTV
J Jayalalithaa's closest aide, VK Sasikala, was arrested on charges of corruption after Jayalalithaa had died following her conviction in the disproportionate assets case in which Jayalalithaa was the prime accused.
J Jayalalithaa's death in 2016 after being admitted to a top Chennai hospital should be investigated, a former judge has concluded in a lengthy report which slams at least one top government official and VK Sasikala, the close aide of the politician who lived with her.
An inquiry headed by former Madras High Court judge, A Arumughaswamy, was set up in 2017 when Ms Jayalalithaa's party, the AIADMK, governed Tamil Nadu, to sift through conspiracy theories, conflicting accounts of Jayalalithaa's illness and treatment at Apollo Hospital, and legal claims.
When the DMK took charge of the state in 2021, it reiterated its poll promise that it would ensure the situation leading to Ms Jayalalithaa's death was investigated in detail.
Justice A Arumughaswamy's report was presented to the government in August.
