AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa leaves from the Central jail after her release on bail granted by the Supreme Court, in Bengaluru on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)
A supporter of AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa receives tonsure near the Central jail as they protest against her conviction in the disproportionate assets case in Bengaluru on Monday. (Photo: PTI)
The state administration has come under the control of chief secretary Mohan Verghese Chunkath, who would report to state Governor K. Rosaiah. Jayalalithaa also stands disqualified as MLA (Photo: AP)
The allegation is that Jayalalithaa had amassed wealth valued at about Rs.66.65 crore in her name and in the names of the three others, which was disproportionate to her known source of income (Photo: AP)
Some AIADMK workers attempted self-immolation in front of Jayalalithaa’s residence in Poes Garden, Teynampet and Virugambakkam. Similar incidents were also reported from Tirupur and Coimbatore as well (Photo: AP)
Special judge John Michael D'Cunha also sentenced the three other accused, including close friend Sasikala Natarajan, Sasikala’s niece Ilavarasi and nephew Sudhakaran, who is the ‘disowned’ foster son of Jayalalithaa in this case, initiated by Dr
The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) suspended all its services to Tamil Nadu by terminating them near the border. The decision was taken following fear of attack on buses (Photo: AP)
AIADMK cadres burnt effigies of Dr Subramaniam Swamy, who first moved the court seeking a probe against Jayalalithaa’s disproportionate assets, and DMK leader Karunanidhi (Photo: AP)
AIADMK cadres allegedly attacked mediapersons who had gathered in front of Jayalalithaa’s residence (Photo: AP)
There were self-immolation attempts in some parts of the state including two incidents in Chennai. The peak hour rush on city roads was missing since the afternoon as people preferred to remain indoors (Photo: AP)
“Jaya seems to be depressed after the verdict and she is not talking to anyone. She is not even speaking to her close aides Sasikala and Ilavarasi,” a jail official said (Photo: AP)
Angry AIADMK workers forced shops to down shutters across the state, set a government bus on fire in Kancheepuram, pelted stones at vehicles and blocked roads (Photo: AP)
Members of AIADMK stomp on a poster of DMK chief K Karunanidhi during a protest following a Bangalore Special Court pronouncing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa guilty in a disproportionate assets case, in Coimbatore (Photo: AP)
Supporters of AIADMK burn the effigy of DMK chief M Karunanidhi after a Bangalore Special Court pronounced Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa guilty in a disproportionate assets case, in Chennai on Saturday (Photo: AP)
Tension was palpable on Karnataka’s border with Tamil Nadu with some AIADMK workers trying to set fire to vehicles at Athibele, a village on the state’s border with that state, soon after announcement of the judgement (Photo: AP)
A large posse of policemen deployed near the central prison, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, caned scores of AIADMK workers who tried to break the security cordon and rush towards the special court in the morning (Photo: AP)
While Jayalalithaa has been fined a whopping Rs. 100 crores, the three other accused have been slapped a fine of Rs. 10 crores each (Photo: AP)
The much-awaited verdict in the case of disproportionate assets against Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa was pronounced by a special court in Bengaluru on Saturday (Photo: AP)
Police personnel guard near the Parappana Agrahara central jail where AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa is lodged following her arrest in disproportionate assets case in Bengaluru.
Jayalalithaa’s lawyers are preparing an appeal in the Supreme Court. In the Lalu case also, it was Supreme Court, which granted bail and not the CBI special court that convicted him.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Paneerselvam appealed to people not to resort to strike or any other form of protest to express solidarity with the AIADMK chief as she would not like to cause inconvenience to the common man. No one should resort to
Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M. Thambidurai was reported to have approached Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah about the possibility of shifting his leader Jayalalithaa to a jail in Tamil Nadu, but the Karnataka Chief Minister is said to have pointed
A good number of ministers and MLAs from the AIADMK had camped near the prison. They were hoping for her release and were ready to welcome her out of the prison. But they had to return disappointed.
“My hunch is that the national parties are behind the conspiracy and injustice has been done to our leader,” said former minister Valarmathi Jebaraj. Earlier, they denied water for Tamil Nadu and now they are not letting Amma on bail, she added.
A few state ministers also asked him to brief them on what went wrong at the court. “It is a conspiracy against Amma and all the evil forces are working in tandem, the TV channels were also hoping that Amma would be released as there was no
“A convoy was made ready to escort her to the airport. Almost everything was set, but was called off later after the news of HC rejecting bail was confirmed,” a source informed. But within moments, the entire state cabinet started to maintain
The rumours were so strong that even the police officers believed them for a while. As the jubilation started around 3.45 pm, some senior officers started making arrangements for her travel to the HAL airport.
As the unconfirmed reports announcing that Jayalalithaa had been given bail came in, state ministers started queuing up at the party headquarters at Royapettah. “Annen amma vanthutanga” (brother Amma is back), screamed housing minister R.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa (Photo: PTI)
Celebratory cheering by AIADMK workers turned into wails after the Karnataka high court refused bail to their party supremo J. Jayalalithaa.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam arriving at the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail to receive AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa who got bail from Supreme Court, in Bengaluru on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)
AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa suporters hold the photo and showing the tattoo of their leader as they wait for her release from Central Jail in Bengaluru on Saturday. Jayalalithaa was sentenced 4 yeras in jail in an 18-year-old disproportionate
AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa supporters hold the photos and showing the tattoo of their leader as they wait for her release from Central Jail in Bengaluru on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)
AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa leaves from the Central jail after her release on bail granted by the Supreme Court, in Bengaluru on Saturday. Jayalalithaa was sentenced 4 yeras in jail in an 18-year-old disproportionate assets case. (Photo: PTI)
Jayalalithaa walks out of Bangalore jail after 21 days