How Sasikala spent her first night in jail

VK Sasikala, the close aide of late chief minister J Jayalalithaa, had aspired to step into her shoes.

However, on Wednesday evening, she stepped into an 10X8 cell on the first floor of the women’s block at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru. She is expected to serve the remaining four years of her prison sentence here, after being convicted in a disproportionate assets case, along with co-accused and sister-in-law, J Elavarasi.

Sasikala spent the first night of her prison term on the floor and in the morning had tamarind rice with chutney from the breakfast menu, said jail officials.

Sasikala had asked for a Class 1 cell, which comes with privileges like a private television, home-cooked food and non-vegetarian meals twice a week, citing health problems, but her request was denied.

Reports suggested that she has been assigned the task of candle-making in jail, but officials say it is too early.

Interestingly, Sasikala had spent three weeks in the same prison in 2014 along with former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, after both were held guilty of making a fortune beyond their known sources of income in the 1990s.