Jayalalithaa death probe: TN cabinet to decide on enquiry against Sasikala and others

India

oi-Deepika S

Chennai,
Aug
29:
The
Tamil
Nadu
government
has
decided
to
place
the
Justice
Arumughaswamy
Commission
report
before
the
assembly.
The
panel,
which
probed
the
circumstances
surrounding
late
Chief
Minister
J
Jayalalithaa’s
death,
has
recommended
action
against
her
confidante
VK
Sasikala
among
others,
and
the
matter
will
be
discussed
with
legal
experts.

According
to
an
official
release,
the
report,
that
went
into
aspects
including
the
late
chief
minister’s
hospitalisation
on
September
22,
2016
and
the
treatment
provided
to
her,
was
discussed
in
detail
at
the
cabinet
meet,
two
days
after
Justice
A
Arumughaswamy
submitted
it
to
Stalin.

“The
cabinet
has
decided
to
take
the
opinion
of
legal
experts
on
the
(Commission)
report
recommending
ordering
government
enquiry
against
(those)
including
VK
Sasikala,
Sivakumar,
then
health
minister
C
Vijayabaskar
and
then
Chief
Secretary
Rama
Mohana
Rao
and
take
due
action,
and
after
doing
so,
place
it
before
the
Tamil
Nadu
Assembly
with
a
report,”
it
said.

Jayalalithaa
died
on
December
5
,
2016.
The
Arumughaswamy
Commission
of
Inquiry,
constituted
by
the
previous
AIADMK
government,
commenced
it’s
hearing
on
November
22,
2017.

The
panel
head
is
a
retired
judge
of
the
Madras
High
Court.