JAYA DEATH PROBE
Commission summons OPS, Vijayabaskar, Ponnaiyan
Health Min, Secy To Be Important Witnesses
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
Chennai:14.12.2018
Deputy Chief Minister O Pannerselvam, whose ‘Dharma Yudham’ led to the government forming an inquiry commission to probe late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s death, has been summoned by the commission.
The Justice (retd) A Arumughaswamy commission has summoned OPS to appear on December 20. Health minister C Vijayabaskar has been asked to appear on December
18. Senior leader and founding member of AIADMK C Ponnaiyan has also been summoned to appear on the same day.
Jayalalithaa’s personal security officer (PSO) Perumalsamy and current deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Anna Nagar, Dr M Sudhakar IPS, who was part of her security team, have been summoned on December 20 as well.
As part of the cabinet, OPS was present at Apollo hospital during Jayalalithaa’s two-and-a-half month stay from September to December 2016. Multiple witnesses have deposed stating he was present at the hospital and was aware of her health conditions, which is likely to be the basis for the commission’s line of questioning, sources said.
The deposition of then chief secretary Rama Mohana Rao, who stated that a decision to airlift Jayalalithaa to a foreign country for treatment was tabled in the cabinet which didn’t decide anything, will also be key, sources said.
Vijayabaskar and health secretary J Radhakrishnan were briefed regularly by Apollo about Jayalalithaa’s health condition and hence will be important witnesses, sources said.
Ponnaiyan was AIADMK’s spokesperson when Jayalalithaa was in the hospital and briefed the press regarding it. Later, when he joined OPS after his Dharma Yudham, he reportedly said that he had some material to share with the commission, sources said. He also reportedly made comments about Jayalalithaa’s cheek being punctured with three holes, which was visible after her death. Commission sources said Ponnaiyan would be questioned about this.
Raja Senthoor Pandian, counsel for Jayalalithaa’s aide V K Sasikala and OPS’s current political rival, claimed victory for the summons issued to him. “We have been demanding this since March that he be summoned. This was based on our initiative,” he said.
Commission summons OPS, Vijayabaskar, Ponnaiyan
Health Min, Secy To Be Important Witnesses
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
Chennai:14.12.2018
Deputy Chief Minister O Pannerselvam, whose ‘Dharma Yudham’ led to the government forming an inquiry commission to probe late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s death, has been summoned by the commission.
The Justice (retd) A Arumughaswamy commission has summoned OPS to appear on December 20. Health minister C Vijayabaskar has been asked to appear on December
18. Senior leader and founding member of AIADMK C Ponnaiyan has also been summoned to appear on the same day.
Jayalalithaa’s personal security officer (PSO) Perumalsamy and current deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Anna Nagar, Dr M Sudhakar IPS, who was part of her security team, have been summoned on December 20 as well.
As part of the cabinet, OPS was present at Apollo hospital during Jayalalithaa’s two-and-a-half month stay from September to December 2016. Multiple witnesses have deposed stating he was present at the hospital and was aware of her health conditions, which is likely to be the basis for the commission’s line of questioning, sources said.
The deposition of then chief secretary Rama Mohana Rao, who stated that a decision to airlift Jayalalithaa to a foreign country for treatment was tabled in the cabinet which didn’t decide anything, will also be key, sources said.
Vijayabaskar and health secretary J Radhakrishnan were briefed regularly by Apollo about Jayalalithaa’s health condition and hence will be important witnesses, sources said.
Ponnaiyan was AIADMK’s spokesperson when Jayalalithaa was in the hospital and briefed the press regarding it. Later, when he joined OPS after his Dharma Yudham, he reportedly said that he had some material to share with the commission, sources said. He also reportedly made comments about Jayalalithaa’s cheek being punctured with three holes, which was visible after her death. Commission sources said Ponnaiyan would be questioned about this.
Raja Senthoor Pandian, counsel for Jayalalithaa’s aide V K Sasikala and OPS’s current political rival, claimed victory for the summons issued to him. “We have been demanding this since March that he be summoned. This was based on our initiative,” he said.
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