Jayalalithaa reappears in court in assets case

Jayalalithaa reappears in court in assets case

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She had answered 379 questions on Thursday asked by special court judge BM Mallikarjunaiah. She will face an equal number of posers on Friday, her lawyers said. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J


Jayalalithaa on Friday resumed answering questions from a special court judge here in the disproportionate assets case against her. She had on Thursday answered 379 questions asked by


special court judge BM Mallikarjunaiah. She will face an equal number of posers on Friday, her lawyers said. Mallikarjunaiah is holding a special sitting in the city central prison complex


in eastern suburb of Parappana Agrahara in view of the leader's security needs. Jayalalithaa is charged with amassing Rs66 crore between 1991 and 1996 when also she was chief minister


of Tamil Nadu. The case was filed in Chennai over a decade ago but was transferred to Bangalore by the Supreme Court in 2003 to ensure fair and free trial. Like Thursday she landed at the


Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd's airport in city centre and drove in a convoy of vehicles to the prison complex. Jayalalithaa was directed by the Supreme Court to appear in person in the


Bangalore court though she had cited security concerns and her busy schedule as chief minister to seek exemption. The apex court had rejected her plea to be allowed to give her statement


through video conference. The Parappana Agrahara jail was heavily guarded with around 1,500 Bangalore police personnel assisted by several of their Tamil Nadu counterparts.