Bangalore: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha had a frugal supper late yesterday in the central jail here where she has been lodged after a special court sentenced her to four years imprisonment in a corruption case.
“As per the jail manual, Jayalalithaa was served ragi (malt) ball, plain rice, sambar and curd rice with pickle,” a prison official said later.
The former actor turned AIADMK chief will spend the night at a special cell set up in the women’s wing of the jail, with special guards posted for her security round the clock.
As Jayalalithaa has a Z plus security, the jail at Parapanna Agrahara in the city’s outskirts, has turned into a fortress, with police imposing prohibitory orders within 5km radius under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to prevent assembly of more than five people.
Soon after special judge John Micheal D’Cunha pronounced the sentence at 5pm in the special court, set up in the jail premises for security reasons, Jayalalitha was taken into judicial custody for medical check-up.
Being diabetic and having some ailments, the 66-year-old chief minister was taken to a state-run government hospital in the southern suburb under police escort for medical tests and treatment, as directed by the judge on her appeal. After treatment, Jayalalithaa was driven back to the jail premises.
Karunanidhi urges president, PM to restore law, order
Chennai: DMK President M Karunanidhi yesterday urged President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others to personally intervene to restore law and order in the state.
In letters to Mukherjee and Modi, copies of which were released to the media, Karunanidhi also urged them to take action against erring police officials who are hand-in-glove with the AIADMK cadres and failing to check the violence.
Karunanidhi also sent identical letters to the Chief Justice of India, home minister, Tamil Nadu governor, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, home ministry secretary, chief secretary of Tamil Nadu and home secretary of the state.
IANS
