CHENNAI: Justice R Mahadevan of the Madras High Court, issued a warning against a man who claimed to the biological son of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa and late Telugu film actor Shoban Babu. J Krishnamoorthy filed a petition even claiming that AIADMK founder and former chief minister MG Ramachandran had signed as a witness in his adoption deed.
Visibly flustered, Justice Mahadevan said, "I can send you straight away to jail" when hearing the maintainability of his claim. "The documents (submitted by the petitioner) have been clearly fabricated. Even if the documents are placed before an LKH student he/she would say that they are fabricated. You have attached a photo available in public domain." The judge also pointed out that "MGR was not able to even move his hand around the time the document was allegedly prepared." He later gave oral instructions to the petitioner to appear before the Chennai City Commissioner of Police later and hand over the original documents of verification, also directing the Commissioner to verify the genuineness of the documents, and file a report in the court by next week.
The petitioner Krishnamoorthy who appeared as party-in-person, said he was born to Jaya and Babu on February 15, 1985 in Bengaluru. However, his parents separated later due to difference of opinion and he was subsequently given up for adoption in Erode. "In September, 2016, when I went to meet her in Veda Nilayam (Jaya's house), she told me that she had plans to introduce me to the public as her son. But VK Sasikala (currently jailed AIADMK leader) opposed the decision and quarrelled with her," he said.
He also alleged that it was after this incident that Jaya was admitted in Apollo Hospitals and declared dead on December 5, 2016. Krishnamoorthy claimed Sasikala and her relatives kept him in illegal custody and prevented him from participating in her funeral. Meanwhile, Justice Mahadevan also censured social activist 'Traffic' KR Ramaswamy, who accompanied the petitioner and sought to know his role in the plea.
