Expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala on Tuesday denied all the allegations levelled against her in a commission’s report probing circumstances surrounding former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s death in 2016. “I deny all the allegations levelled against me in the report. I never interfered in the medical treatment of J Jayalalithaa. I am ready to face an inquiry on this,” she said, reacting to the 608-page report of the Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry.
The report indicted Sasikala, a close aide and confidante of Jayalalithaa, and three others stating that they “have to be found fault with and investigation is to be ordered”. The 608-page report was tabled by the state government in the legislative assembly on Tuesday.
Besides Sasikala, the report names former health minister C Vijayabaskar, the then health secretary J Radhakrishnan and KS Sivakumar, a medical doctor and relative of Sasikala. It also recommended a probe against the then chief secretary Rama Mohana Rao and others, which includes doctors. Vijayabaskar is an AIADMK leader and a legislator.
The report stated that the former chief minister died on December 5, 2016, at 11.30 pm, as per Apollo Hospital. But, the witness said Jayalalithaa died on December 4, 2016, between 3 pm and 3.50 pm. The announcement was delayed and tactful activities, such as sternotomy and CPR, were used to distort the timing and disclose her death.
According to the report, it went into aspects such as the late CM’s hospitalisation on September 22, 2016, and treatment provided to her. It was discussed in detail at the cabinet meeting in August, two days after Justice Arumughaswamy submitted it to CM MK Stalin.
Jayalalithaa died on December 5, 2016. The commission, formed by the previous AIADMK government, began its hearing on November 22, 2017. The panel head is a retired judge of the Madras High Court.
(With PTI inputs)
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