Ø The Special Court, which convicted Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and her aides in the disproportionate assets case has
issued a direction for the confiscation of around 3,000 acres of land and other
properties held by six firms “for and on behalf of Ms. Jayalalithaa.” The
properties were registered in the names of Ramraj Agro Mills Ltd, Signora
Business Enterprises, Lex Properties Development Pvt Ltd, Riverway Agro
Products Ltd; Meadow Agro Farms Pvt Ltd; and Indo-Doha Chemicals and
Pharmaceuticals.
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| J M Cunha |
Ø Special Court judge J. M. Cunha who tried the
disproportionate assets case against AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa and three
others has ruled that Ms. Jayalalithaa “could not satisfactorily account” for
immovable properties and pecuniary resources to the tune of about Rs. 53.60
crore during the check period of the case (1991-96). The judge further
said that the prosecution has “proved beyond reasonable doubt that all the four
accused (including Sasikala Natarajan, V. Sudhakaran and J. Elavarasi) were
parties to criminal conspiracy with the object of acquiring and possessing
pecuniary resources and assets to the extent of Rs. 53,60,49,954 beyond the
known source of income of the first accused.”
Ø A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached
out to the immigrant community of the United States, a year-long centenary
commemoration of the Komagata Maru incident — in which 19 Canada-bound Indian
immigrants were killed in police firing on September 29, 1914 near Kolkata —
was launched.
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