Sasikala to Serve 13 More Months in Jail If Rs 10 Cr Fine Not Paid

Reports say Sasikala’s lawyers are seeking her transfer to Chennai from Bengaluru prison citing security issues.

AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala. (Photo Courtesy: PTI)

AIADMK leader Sasikala, serving a jail term after her conviction in a disproportionate assets case, will have to serve 13 more months in prison if she fails to pay a fine of Rs 10 crore imposed by the Supreme Court, informed Prisons Superintendent Krishna Kumar.

The AIADMK general secretary is currently serving her sentence at the Parappana Agrahara prison in Bengaluru.

The apex court on 14 February restored Sasikala’s conviction in the disproportionate assets case, awarding four years jail term to her and her relatives, besides imposing a fine of Rs 10 crore each.

Sasikala will be in jail for three years and about 11 months, out of the four years sentence awarded by the trial court. She had earlier spent 21 days in Parappana Agrahara jail after conviction by the trial court in September 2014.

According to reports, Sasikala’s lawyers are seeking her transfer to Chennai, citing security reasons among other issues.

For the same reason, Sasikala and Illavarasi have been lodged in the women’s block. They are living in a small cell, Kumar said.

Sudhakaran is lodged in the men’s block, he said.

Food prepared in jail was being served to them and prison doctors were regularly conducting medical check-ups and administering medicines to them, Kumar said.

They are allowed to watch television at a common place, Kumar said.

(With inputs from PTI)