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Former TN chief minister Jayalalithaa released from jail

Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala and her relatives Sudhakaran and Ilavarasi were also released after they fufiled similar conditions.

October 19, 2014 / 04:24 PM IST

After spending 22 days in Bangalore Central Prison, AIADMK supremo and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa waled out on Saturay. Her release from jail was in accordance with the Supreme Court order granting her bail in the disproportionate assets case.

The release order by Special Judge John Michael D'Cunha came after a bond for Rs 2 crore was furnished and surety of assets offered. Copy of the Supreme Court order was also produced before the court by Jayalalithaa's lawyers.

Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala and her relatives Sudhakaran and Ilavarasi were also released after they fufiled similar conditions.

The former Tamil Nadu chief minister and the three others were released after the Special Court's release order was furnished to officials of Parappana Agrahara Central Prison where Jayalalithaa and three others are lodged.

The Special Court had sentenced them to four years in jail in the Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case on September 27.

In a major relief, the Supreme Court had on Friday granted bail to Jayalalithaa and three others, who had earlier tried in vain to secure it in the Karnataka High Court.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Pannerselvam, along with some ministers, MPs and legislators, reached the prison to receive Jayalalithaa, who would fly to Chennai by a special aircraft from HAL Airport.

Jayalalithaa supporters have also formed a human chain from airport to her house in Chennai.

Prohibitory orders have been clamped in 1 km radius of the prison complex, Bangalore Police Commissioner MN Reddi said.

"Taking into account sensitivity of the situation, we have made elaborate security arrangements," he said.

Tight security was thrown around the prison complex with entry point blocked at more than a km away. Police personnel have been deployed on the route to the HAL airport also.

Hundreds of policemen under the supervision of senior officials were deployed all along the route leading to the prison.

At the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border point on Hosur also, police and city armed reserve personnel kept a close vigil and regulated movement of vehicles from the neighbouring state into the city.

The jail is located about 20 km from the Hosur point. Groups of AIADMK supporters had gathered at some places chanting slogans hailing their leader.

(With additional information from PTI)

first published: Oct 18, 2014 04:16 pm

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