Deepa 
Tamil Nadu

Jayalalithaa's death: Deepa seeks CBI investigation

The panel that probed the circumstances leading to former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death in 2016 indicted V K Sasikala, the confidante of the late leader.

DTNEXT Bureau

CHENNAI: Minutes after the Arumughaswamy Commission report on death of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was tabled in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, her niece Deepa said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should conduct a thorough investigation in this regard.

The panel that probed the circumstances leading to former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death in 2016 indicted V K Sasikala, the confidante of the late leader. It also said that considering several aspects it 'indicts' Sasikala and recommended a probe.

Also, the report said former Health Minister C Vijayabaskar, the then Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan and KS Sivakumar a medical doctor, "have to be found fault with and investigation is to be ordered." It also recommended probe against the then Chief Secretary Rama Mohana Rao and others which includes doctors. Vijayabaskar is an AIADMK leader and a legislator.

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