Jayalalithaa died a day before it was officially announced, claims Sasikala’s brother

Amid inquiry into the circumstances surrounding J Jayalalithaa’s death, her jailed aide VK Sasikala’s brother Dhivakaran today said that the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister passed away on December 4, 2016, a day before the official announcement.

Dhivakaran said the announcement of her death was delayed on the insistence of Apollo Hospital, where she was receiving treatment since September 22, 2016.

“On the day Amma died I left from here. I left on the night of 4th itself. Amma died correctly on 4th evening at 5:15 pm after suffering a massive heart attack. After that she was kept on a machine at Apollo,” Dhivakaran said while speaking in his home town of Mannargudi in Tiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

“I asked them…I shouted ‘Why have you kept her like that?’ Then Reddy (presumably referring to Apollo Hospitals Chairman Dr. Prathap C Reddy) said, ‘Our branches’- Apollo has many branches in Tamil Nadu- ‘first you have to ensure their safety.’ That man said, then only we will declare.”

“There was an eagle sitting there from the Central government. It wanted to get the Chief Minister post and go. Is it a hen’s egg to pick it up and give? I shouldn’t say the …read more