Sasikala seeks parole to meet ill husband

CHENNAI: Jailed AIADMK chief V K Sasikala has applied for a 15-day parole to meet her ailing husband M Natarajan, her nephew and sidelined party leader TTV Dinakaran said on Monday.

Natarajan, undergoing treatment at a corporate hospital here for liver problem, was “stable” and was awaiting liver transplantation, Dinakaran said.

“We have applied for the parole of ‘General Secretary’ (Sasikala). She will get permission for sure. The (Karnataka) prisons department will decide on the number of days the parole will be given for,” he said.

Asked how many days Sasikala had applied for, Dinakaran said her “advocate has said she wanted 15 days”.

Currently lodged at Parappana Agrahara jail in Bengaluru, Sasikala was convicted and sentenced to a four-year prison term in the ₹66.6-crore disproportionate assets case.

Natarajan has been undergoing treatment at the corporate hospital for the past few days.

DINAKARAN BOOKED

Meanwhile, Dinakaran was booked and 10 of his supporters were held on Monday in connection with distribution of pamphlets allegedly containing defamatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami here.

Former MLA Venkatachalam

HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN UNDERGOING TREATMENT AT THE CORPORATE HOSPITAL FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS

and local AIADMK functionary Saravanan were among the 10 arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by Vinayakam, alleging that the accused were found distributing the pamphlets among the public outside a hall, where Palaniswami was holding a meeting with senior officials on Sunday. The pamphlets contained “derogatory remarks” against the Prime Minister and the chief minister, the police said.

This is the second case slapped against Dinakaran, who is engaged in a tussle for power with Palaniswami, by the state police.