Sasikala gets 5-day emergency parole

Bengaluru: AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala walked out of the Parapana Agrahara jail here on Friday after being granted emergency parole for five days to meet her husband, who underwent a liver and kidney transplant in Chennai.

Bengaluru, Oct. 6: AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala on Friday walked out of the Parapana Agrahara central jail here after being granted emergency parole for five days to meet her husband, who underwent a liver and kidney transplant at a Chennai hospital.

Sasikala had sought 15day parole, but was granted only five days with tough conditions, including that she should not involve in political or any other public activity or take part in party activities, jail authorities said.

During the emergency parole, the AIADMK leader will only be allowed to visit the hospital where her husband is admitted and stay at the residence as mentioned in the application, the authorities said.

It has also been stipulated in the conditions that she should not entertain any visitors either at her residence or the hospital.

Sasikala has also been restricted from interacting with any media — print or electronic, the authorities said.

Soon after completing the required formalities, Sasikala, accompanied by her nephew T.T.V. Dhinakaran, headed for Chennai by road.

After her first application was rejected on “technical grounds” on October 3 for not producing certain requisite documents, Sasikala had filed a fresh plea for parole. Rajya Sabha member from Tamil Nadu, Navneet Krishnan, has given an undertaking for Sasikala’s parole, her lawyer Krisnappana told reporters outside the jail premises. — PTI