Man claims to be Jayalalithaa's secret son; Madras High Court threatens him with jail
Justice Mahadevan said the document had been clearly fabricated, and said: "Even if the documents are placed before an LKG student, he will say that they are fabricated".
In Short
- Court said even an LKG student will say the documents are fabricated
- Krishnamoorthy asked to appear before police on March 18
- Krishnamoorthy said he feared threats from Sasikala
Madras High Court on Friday reprimanded a man, who claimed to be the "secret son" of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
Justice R Mahadevan threatened the man identified as J Krishnamoorthy and warned that he can send him to jail straightaway. "I can send this man straightaway to jail. I will ask police officers to take him to jail now itself."
The man moved the court saying he was born to Jayalalithaa and the late Telugu actor Shoban Babu. He submitted a bunch of documents, including a 'deed of adoption', and sought the court's help to declare him as her son and hence entitled to her properties, including the famous Poes Garden residence.
The petitioner also sought a direction to the Director General of Police to provide him security, as he feared threats from the family of Jayalalithaa's aide and AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala.
DOCUMENTS FAKED
Justice Mahadevan said the document had been clearly fabricated, and said: "Even if the documents are placed before an LKG student, he will say that they are fabricated. You attached a photo available in public domain. Do you think anyone can just walk in and initiate PIL proceedings? This man has fabricated the document. Where is the original?"
Krishnamoorthy has now been directed by Justice Mahadevan to appear before the Chennai city commissioner of police on March 18 to provide the original documents for verification.
The petitioner had claimed that he was born in 1985 and that a year later he was given in adoption to the family of Erode-based Vasanthamani, who allegedly worked in former chief minister M G Ramachandran's household in the late 1980s.
According to the petitioner, the 'adoption deed' which had photographs and signatures of Jayalalithaa, Shoban Babu and Vasanthamani on the rear, had the signature of M G Ramachandran as 'witnesses' to adoption.
Referring to this, the judge said the late chief minister M G Ramachandran was not able to move even his hand around the time the document was allegedly prepared.
"But the document shows that he has signed," the judge said.
"This man (petitioner) has fabricated the document...," the judge said.
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