AIADMK member dies hearing news of Jayalalitha’s critical health

A 62-year-old AIADMK functionary died of a stroke after hearing news of Jayalalithaa’s critical condition on Sunday night.

Palaniyammal, the general secretary of AIADMK for NGO Colony in Coimbatore, enquired about Jayalalithaa’s condition last night. When she heard the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister had suffered a cardiac arrest, she died of a shock-induced stroke.

Another similar incident was reported in October when a 47-year-old AIADMK worker had died of heart attack in Coimbatore, after hearing rumours about Jayalalithaa’s health.

Amma, as Jayalalithaa is popularly known, has been in Chennai’s Apollo Hospital since September 22, when she was admitted for fever and dehydration.