Bengaluru, Mar 20 (IBNS) : Chennai, Mar 20 (IBNS) : Jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala was granted 15-day parole by the prison authorities after her husband, Natarajan Maruthappa died on Tuesday, media reports said.
Lodged in Parapanna Agrahara central jail in Bengaluru, Sasikala is currently serving a four-year sentence after being convicted in a disproportionate assets case in 2017.
She prayed for parole to attend her husband's last rites.
Sasikala, who was a close aide to former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, was sent to prison in February, 2017, after the Supreme Court set aside her acquittal by the Karnataka High Court in the Disproportionate Assets Case.
Natarajan, who was 74-years-old, died in a private hospital on Tuesday.
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