Jayalalithaa’s death: Probe Sasikala, panel tells Tamil Nadu govt

V K Sasikala during the funeral of the then CM J Jayalalithaa, on December 6, 2016. Pic/AFP

A panel, which probed the circumstances leading to former chief minister J Jayalalithaa's death in 2016, indicted her confidante V K Sasikala and recommended a probe. The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday said it would initiate action after seeking legal opinion.

The Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission tabled its report in the Assembly on Tuesday. The panel also indicted medical doctor K S Sivakumar (Sasikala's relative), the then health secretary J Radhakrishnan, former health minister C Vijayabaskar.

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The report questioned as to why Jayalalithaa was not taken abroad for treatment even after Dr Richard Beale was prepared to do so. It also said that even after eminent doctors from the UK and the US, who had reached Apollo hospital on the invitation from the state government, had suggested angioplasty, it was not conducted. It said, "They [hospital] successfully threw it to the wind on the pretext of postponing it to achieve their aim under some pressure. Hence, investigation is to be ordered."

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