Sasikala seeks secrecy about her prison release

VK Sasikala, close aide of late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, wrote a letter requesting authorities of the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru not to release details of her release to any third parties under the Right to Information Act, according to media reports. Sasikala is currently serving a four-year jail sentence in a disproportionate assets case. This comes just days after prison authorities, on 16 September, in response to an RTI query, stated Sasikala's 'probable date' of release is 27 January, 2021. In a letter, Sasikala said the third parties file those applications for gaining publicity and also due to political vendetta. "The oblique motive of some applicants is to complicate my lawful release at the right time," the letter read.