VK Sasikala granted 15-day parole to attend husband's last rites

VK Sasikala granted 15-day parole to attend husband's last rites

Sasikala- Natarajan Maruthappa

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Sasikala is lodged in Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central Jail. She was convicted by the Supreme Court in February in a disproportionate assets case

VK Sasikala has been granted 15-day parole to attend the final ritesof her husbandNatarajan Maruthappa.

She is now heading to Thanjavur where the last rites of her husband willbeconducted.

The body of Natarajan Maruthappa is also being shifted to Thanjavur for final rites.

Following the death of her husband, Natarajan MaruthappaVK Sasikala had applied for 15-day parole from Bengaluru's Central Jail.

Sasikala is lodged inBengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central Jail.

She was convicted by the Supreme Court in February in a disproportionate assets case.

Sasikala was earlier granted five days of parole to visit her ailing husband who was discharged from hospital in November 2017.

Natarajan Maruthappapassed away due to multiple organ failures at Gleneagles Global Health City in Chennai.

Hewas admitted to the hospital on March 16 due to a severe chest infection and was kept on ventilator support.

Sasikala was married to Maruthappa for33 years before ending her ties with him after Jayalalithaa's condition.