Tamil Nadu govt confiscates 2 Chennai assets of V K Sasikala kin – Times of India

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CHENNAI: A day before V K Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and close aide of former CM J Jayalalitaa, is set to return to Chennai from Bengaluru after four years of incarceration in a disproportionate assets case, the AIADMK government late on Sunday ordered confiscation of a part of two properties owned by her relatives J Ilavarasi and V N Sudhagaran in the city.
The Supreme Court while upholding the conviction of Sasikala, Ilavarasi and Sudhagaran in 2017 in the case had also slapped a fine of Rs 10 crore each on them and ordered confiscation of their ill-gotten wealth. There are nearly 50 properties — including Kodanad tea estate, bungalows at Siruthavur and Paiyanur on OMR, companies and movable assets — which may be confiscated by the government.

A government press release on Sunday, quoting Chennai district collector, said a small share of Ilavarasi and Sudhagaran in a six-ground and 1,081sqft land at Wallace Garden in Nungambakkam has been confiscated by the government. About 2,400sqft land and additional buildings on the property now belong to the government.
The second property, measuring two grounds and 1,237sqft and owned jointly by the two, is located at Sriram Nagar on TTK Road. Former chief minister Jayalalithaa, who was the first accused in the case, was spared of imprisonment, fine and confiscation as she died about two months before the SC judgment. The statement said the name change, favouring the government, has been done and that all rent and rental arrears would belong to the state government.
The confiscation order is in pursuance of the February 14, 2017 judgment holding the three, besides former chief minister and prime accused in the Rs 65.66 crore disproportionate assets case, Jayalalithaa, guilty of corruption and amassment of wealth.
The government statement, however, was silent on big properties such as 900-acre Kodanad tea estate and sprawling bungalows at Siruthavur and Paiyanur on Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), though they all figured in the list of ill-gotten wealth ordered to be confiscated.
The September 27, 2014 judgment of the then Bengaluru special judge John Michael Cunha against Jayalalithaa and the three others had three components – one, jail term of four years each; two, a fine of Rs 100 crore for Jayalalithaa and Rs 10 crore each on the three others; and three, confiscation of the ill-gotten wealth listed in the judgment.
While Sasikala has served her term and paid the fine too, none of the properties standing in her name has been confiscated by the Tamil Nadu government so far. Sudhagaran has completed his jail term but is still in jail as he is yet to pay Rs 10 crore fine. Ilavarasi is also slated for release soon and she is yet to pay her fine.

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