According to a top jail
official, AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa is not getting VIP treatment, but being
looked after as any other ordinary prisoner at the Parapanna Agrahara Central
prison where she is lodged after conviction in the disproportionate assets
case. DIG Prisons P M Jaisimha said that, Madam (Jayalalithaa) is getting no
VIP treatment. She is being treated as any other prisoner at Parapanna
Agrahara.
He said that, she has
conducted herself very politely with the prison officials and not made any
demand for luxury, except that she has asked for an iron cot as per doctors’
advise. He also added that, Ms. Jayalalithaa has not even asked for a television
set, while a common TV is provided even for ordinary prisoners.
Mr.
Jaisimha said that, since Jayalalithaa is a short-termer (a prisoner who is not
undergoing rigorous imprisonment), she is allowed to wear her garments, he
said. She is happy wearing sarees only and she is not wearing any cosmetics
either. Ms. Jayalalithaa also is being looked after by her close aide Sasikala
and Elavarasi, the latter’s relative, who have also been imprisoned in the same
women’s barracks.
He said that, the AIADMK
chief is keeping good health and eating simple food as per doctors’ advice,
besides reading newspapers, she is eating brown bread, milk, biscuits, fruits
and chappatis, if she demands.
The 66-year-old three-time
chief minister, who has been allotted VVIP cell number 23 of the prison, also
reads newspapers without fail, Mr. Jaisimha said. Without any fail, madam reads
three English dailies every day. Ms. Jayalalithaa, who is now prisoner number
7402 at the jail, wakes up early in the morning and takes a stroll in the
premises of the prison.
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