Sasikala’s husband Natarajan undergoes liver, kidney transplants

Jailed AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala’s husband, M. Natarajan, has undergone liver and kidney transplant, her nephew and sidelined party member T.T.V. Dhinakaran said on October 4.

Mr. Natarajan has been under treatment in a Chennai hospital for the past few days. “I have received information that the liver and kidney transplant surgery has been performed on my uncle,” Mr. Dhinakaran told reporters in Chennai before leaving for the hospital where the 74-year-old Mr. Natarajan is admitted.

Sasikala had sought a 15-day parole from the Karnataka prisons authorities to meet Mr. Natarajan but the plea was rejected on technical grounds.

Confirming the news, Mr. Dhinakaran said that he was informed by their advocate that her plea for parole was “rejected due to insufficient details”.

“If she seeks parole properly [with required documents] again, I am sure she will get it,” he added.

When asked if Sasikala would stay at the Poes Garden residence of Jayalalithaa if released on parole, Mr. Dhinakaran said, “Let her come first,” and asked where would the scribe who posed the question wanted Sasikala to put up.