AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala on Friday walked out of the Parapana Agrahara central jail here after being granted emergency parole for five days to meet her husband, who underwent a liver and kidney transplant at a Chennai hospital.
The sidelined leader, at the end of her almost seven-hour long road trip from Bengaluru, arrived at the T Nagar residence of Krishna Priya, daughter of her relative Ilavarasi, in Chennai tonight with her supporters according her a grand welcome.
Supporters chanted "chinnamma vazhga" (Hail chinnamma) and showered flowers at her car as it slowly moved towards Priya's house.
Sasikala is addressed as "chinnamma" by her supporters.
She was accompanied from Bengaluru by her nephew and sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran. She is slated to stay at T Nagar till the end of her parole period.
Sasikala had sought 15-day parole, but was granted only five days with tough conditions, including that she should not be involved in political or any other public activity or take part in party activities, jail authorities said.
During the emergency parole, the AIADMK leader will only be allowed to visit the hospital where her husband is admitted and stay at the residence as mentioned in the application, the authorities said.
It has also been stipulated in the conditions that she should not entertain any visitors either at her residence or the hospital.
Sasikala has also been restricted from interacting with the media--print or electronic, the authorities said.
Soon after completing the required formalities, Sasikala, accompanied by Dhinakaran, headed for Chennai by road.
After her first application was rejected on "technical grounds" on October 3 for not producing certain requisite documents, Sasikala had filed a fresh plea for parole.
Rajya Sabha member from Tamil Nadu, Navneet Krishnan, hasgiven an undertaking for Sasikala's parole, her lawyer Krisnappana told reporters outside the jail premises.
"Rs 1,000 surety also has been deposited," he added.
Around 100 supporters of 'Chinnamma' gathered outside the jail premises.
Krisnappana said Dhinakaran had arrived at the jail and completed the parole formalities.
The Tamil Nadu Police had earlier issued an NOC to the Karnataka government for granting parole to Sasikala, he said.
Sasikala's husband, M. Natarajan (74) underwent liver and kidney transplant on October 3 with the organs harvested from a brain-dead youth, according to Gleneagles Global Health City Hospital in Chennai.
Sasikala has been lodged in the Parapana Agrahara central jail since February after the Supreme Court upheld her conviction by a special court in a disproportionate assets case.
Her relatives Ilavarasi and V.N. Sudhakaran are also serving four-year jail terms in the case.
