Sasikala applies for remission, early release from jail
Bengaluru: Late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's close aide V K Sasikala, serving a four-year jail term on graft charges, has sought remission and early release from prison, official sources said on Wednesday.
Sasikala, lodged at the Parappana Agrahara prison here, is expected to come out on January 27, 2021, after she deposited a Rs 10 crore fine at a special court.
However, she has applied for the remission of her jail term to come out early, sources close to the leader told PTI.
The prison authorities have forwarded her application to higher officials.
"She has applied for the remission of her jail term and it has been forwarded to the head of the department for their consideration," a source said.
Authorities are yet to take a call on it.
After the Supreme Court restored the trial court judgment in toto against Sasikala and two of her close relatives in the disproportionate assets case, she surrendered before the court in Karnataka on February 15, 2017 and has been lodged in Parappana Agrahara Central Jail since then.
Her two relatives are also undergoing four years of simple imprisonment and all three of them were slapped with a fine of Rs 10 crore each.
With the death of Jayalalithaa in 2016, who was the first accused in the case, the appeal by Karnataka against her stood abated.
As per norms, three days of remission for good conduct is available for every month in jail and so far, she has completed 43 months, making her eligible for a reduction of 135 days in prison.
"As per the Karnataka Prison Manual, I strongly believe that she will be released by the month-end (November)," her advocate N Raja Senthoor Pandian had earlier said.
When the remission of 129 days is applied, the release will be by November end and not the previously expected date of January 2021, he had said.
Sasikala has already spent a total of 35 days in jail in 1997 and 2014 and availed 17-day parole in 2017, which is deducted from the period she already served, he had said.
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Bodies of woman, man retrieved from lakes in Jamshedpur, probe underway
Jamshedpur(PTI): Jharkhand Police on Sunday recovered two bodies, including that of a woman, from separate lakes in Jamshedpur.
A woman’s body was found floating in Dimna Lake on the outskirts of the city within Boram police station limits, an officer said.
Locals at the picnic spot alerted police after spotting the body in the afternoon.
A bag found near the lake helped authorities identify the victim as 43-year-old Sanju Devi, a resident of Sonari.
Though the exact reason behind the death could not yet be ascertained, it seemed to be a case of suicide due to domestic discord, officer-in-charge of Boram police station Neeraj Kumar said.
In a separate incident, police recovered the body of 37-year-old Zeeshan Riyaz from Beldih Lake within Bistupur police station.
Riyaz had been missing since Friday evening.
Police said investigations are underway to determine the cause of death in both cases.
