SC rejects Sasikala's plea seeking time to surrender

The Supreme Court today denied relief to V K Sasikala and made it clear that the AIADMK general secretary, convicted for corruption yesterday, needs to make herself available immediately to be jailed.
"You know the meaning of the word immediately?" a judge snapped when her lawyer asked for her to be allowed some time to surrender, citing health reasons.

Convicted in a disproportionate assets case by the Supreme Court, Sasikala has said her thoughts will continue to remain with the party even from inside the jail.

"Only I can be jailed, not the care or concern I have for this party. Wherever I will be, my thoughts will be here," said an emotional Sasikala.

Sasikakla was found guilty of conspiring with five-time Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who she lived with, to acquire a nearly 60-crore fortune that did not match their disclosed sources of income

Sasikala was sentenced to four years in prison and banned from contesting an election for a decade. The verdict, delivered in a breakneck eight minutes by two judges, turned into roadkill her aspiration to become Tamil Nadu's head of state.