VK Sasikala's Lawyer Responds To Report Faulting Her On Jayalalithaa Death

The lawyer of Jayalalithaa aide VK Sasikala, said the call on angiogram was taken by the doctors, including the team from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences sent by the Central government and this is a matter of evidence

The treatment offered to J Jayalalithaa, the late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, was a decision taken by her doctors, and VK Sasikala had nothing to do with it, her lawyer has told NDTV. Whether angiogram was done or not was a call taken by the doctors, including the team from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences sent by the Central government and this is a matter of evidence, he said. The retired judge who has advised the state government to investigate Jayalalithaa's death, was overstepping his brief from the Supreme Court, he also added.

A single judge inquiry commission, which looked into the death of Jayalalithaa in 2016 amid a barrage of conspiracy theories, has recommended that the state government investigate her friend VK Sasikala and three others -- including the then health minister Dr Vijayabhaskar and Chief Secretary.

Justice (Retired) A Arumughaswamy has said they were responsible for lapses, including not taking her abroad for treatment despite recommendation by experts. Jayalalithaa had perforation in her heart and experts from AIIMS and Dr Richard Beale from the UK had recommended an angiogram and treatment abroad.

Regarding the judge's conclusion that Sasikala had prevented the angiogram of Jayalalithaa, Mr Raja Senthura Pandian said: "There is evidence that this is a collective decision of doctors. There was concurrence of AIIMS doctors sent by the Central government. Nowhere does it say that Ms Sasikala had ordered it. You know the position of the law. there should not be any assumption.