Updated by admin on
Saturday, September 27, 2014 10:34 AM IST
Bengaluru:
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa left Chennai on September 27 morning for Bengaluru to appear in a Special Court here which would shortly deliver the verdict in the 18-year-old Rs. 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case against her and her family friend Sasikala among
others.
The judgment could have far-reaching implications on the Tamil Nadu government and the ruling party in case the verdict goes against her.
Jayalalithaa left her Poes Garden residence at 8.40 a.m. for the airport along with her close aide Sasikala Natarajan, another accused in the case, besides Ilavarasi. They flew to Bengaluru in a special aircraft.
Verdict will also be given for another accused in the case, V N Sudhagaran, a relative of Sasikala and former adopted son of Jayalalithaa, whose wedding during Jayalalithaa's first term as chief minister turned into a controversy of sorts. Subsequently, Sudhagaran was charged with offences in a drug case.
Special Court Judge Michael Dicunha will pronounce the verdict around noon at the makeshift court created at Bangalore central prison at Parappana Agrahara on the outskirts of Bengaluru. Jayalalithaa has been provided extra security.
The Bengaluru city police have issued prohibitory orders under section 144 of Cr.PC as a precautionary measure in view of the court verdict.
The case was shifted to Bengaluru Special Court in 2003 by the Supreme Court on a petition filed by DMK leader K. Anbazhagan as he felt that a fair trial was not possible in Tamil Nadu as Jayalalithaa was the chief minister of the State.
