Were examined during the trial in the disproportionate assets case against the AIADMK chief
Were examined during the trial in the disproportionate assets case against the AIADMK chiefFive witnesses were examined in the trial in the disproportionate asset case against former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa that resumed after the winter vacation of the court yesterday.
Money matters: Former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa. File picThe five are Veerabahu, an executive engineer with the Public Works Department (PWD) in Tamil Nadu, Subbaiah, also an engineer with PWD, Krishnamurthy, Rajendran, a videographer and Parthasarathy, a photographer. All of them were re-examined.
The witnesses maintained that their statements during the chief (first) examination were correct, but however resiled from those made during cross-examination.
Defence counsel Navaneetha Krishnan said the witnesses were being 'tutored' and were doing so under police pressure. When trial began, Krishnan moved an application before Special Court Judge B M Mallikarjunaiah, stating that the 161 statements of Veerabahu was not there on the records and hence he could not be recalled for re-examination.
