BANGALORE: Soon after the verdict was pronounced, it was inevitable for Jayalalithaa to move to central jail Parappana Agrahara. She underwent a preliminary health check at the jail hospital.
She was put through a medical check in a cell in the women's barracks after she got her prison number, 7402. The high-security prison has no VVIP cell. This was the barracks where former Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa spent 24 days after he was convicted in a land denotification case.
Jayalalithaa reportedly requested she be moved to a private hospital as she was feeling uneasy. But she was firmly told she was a convict and the jail manual must be followed. She was told she would be examined by doctors in the jail hospital and if they felt she should be examined or taken to a hospital outside the jail, her request would be considered.
Jayalalithaa's lawyers argued she was a VIP and faced a life threat, but none of their arguments cut ice.
She was put through a medical check in a cell in the women's barracks after she got her prison number, 7402. The high-security prison has no VVIP cell. This was the barracks where former Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa spent 24 days after he was convicted in a land denotification case.
Jayalalithaa reportedly requested she be moved to a private hospital as she was feeling uneasy. But she was firmly told she was a convict and the jail manual must be followed. She was told she would be examined by doctors in the jail hospital and if they felt she should be examined or taken to a hospital outside the jail, her request would be considered.
Jayalalithaa's lawyers argued she was a VIP and faced a life threat, but none of their arguments cut ice.