Bengaluru: A day after the Supreme Court restored her conviction in the 20-year-old disproportionate assets (DA) case, 'Chinnamma' Sasikala was sent to serve time at the Parappana Agrahara central jail in Bengaluru, minutes after she surrendered before a magistrate court.
Before her surrender, Sasikala paid homage to late Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa and party patriarch MG Ramachandran -- a scene that had its own dramatic moments. At the gravesite of Jayalalithaa, Sasikala folded her hands in prayer, then suddenly bent down to slap the grave in agitation, as if taking a pledge. She murmured to herself, but the video of her dusting her hands as she stood up again went viral and had people reading their own inferences to this.
On Wednesday, the magistrate court had shifted to the premises of the jail to hear the case so as to avoid any law and order or traffic hassles, considering the sensitivity of the case. The jail is just off the highway that connects Chennai to Bengaluru.
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Soon after her surrender, Sasikala was then registered as qaidi number 9235, while Ilavarasi, her niece, was given the number 9236. 'Chinnamma,' who almost became the chief minister of Tamil Nadu last week, will be housed in cell number 2, which she will share with two other inmates.
Male prisoners in the jail dress in white coarse cotton shirts and pyjamas, while the women wear sarees. Sasikala and Ilavarasi will be given three saris each.
This, however, is not the first time when Sasikala is lodged at this jail.
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In 2014, Sasikala, along with her nephew V N Sudhakaran and sister-in-law Ilavarasi, had spent 21 days in Parappana Agrahara central jail. Sudhakaran and Ilavarasi are the co-convicts in the DA case.
Prison sources told CNN-News18 that no special treatment will be meted to Sasikala, Sudhakaran, and Ilavarasi. They will not be treated as political prisoners or VIPs. Her requests for an air-conditioner and home-cooked food were also denied.
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Whether she will really have the time to keep to her late Tuesday promise that "even if she is put in a cage, she will continue to work 24 hours for the party," is something to be seen.
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