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A panel that probed the circumstances leading to former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s death in 2016 indicted V K Sasikala, the confidante of the late leader and the government on Tuesday said it would initiate action after getting legal opinion.
In a report by PTI, The Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry (CoI), in its report, that was tabled by the Tamil Nadu government in the Assembly on Tuesday said that considering several aspects it ‘indicts’ Sasikala and recommended a probe.
The government said that considering the CoI’s disagreement on certain aspects vis-a-vis the AIIMS doctors committee’s report, “it was decided to initiate appropriate action” based on its recommendations against “certain individuals,” after obtaining the opinion of legal experts.
The CoI report also indicted medical doctor K S Sivakumar (Sasikala’s relative), the then Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan, former Health Minister C Vijayabaskar and said that they, “have to be found fault with and investigation is to be ordered.” The panel recommended investigation against the then Chief Secretary Rama Mohana Rao and two medical doctors, though it did not specify if it found “fault” with them or not. It said the government may “decide and investigate” the matter against the chairman of a corporate hospital, where she was treated.
