J. Jayalalithaa: Difference between revisions

A case of murder attempt were registered against Jayalalithaa, her close associate Sasikala, and Sasikala's nephew V Mahadivan has been recorded by the Chennai police on following a complaint by former Jayalalithaa's auditor, Rajasekaran, who alleged that he was summoned to the Poes Garden bungalow and violently assaulted by Jayalalithaa, Sassikala and Mahadevan with a stick and high-heeled shoes.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Aravind|first=Indulekha|title=Eulogised in death, Jayalalithaa leaves a checkered legacy|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jayalalithaa-had-to-combat-ruthless-peer-pressure-all-her-life/articleshow/55914253.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-06-13}}</ref> Rajasekaran also stated that he had been forced by Jayalalithaa and Sassikala to sign two letters and a promissory note in respect of ₹50 lakhs. Jayalalithaa, however, denied the charges in a statement.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bearak|first=Barry|date=16 March 1999|title=In the Hands Of India Star, A Spike Heel Could Hurt|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/16/world/in-the-hands-of-india-star-a-spike-heel-could-hurt.html|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rediff On The NeT: TN defies Centre in assault case against Jaya|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/mar/20aiadmk.htm|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>