Madras High Court asks Bengaluru jail, UIDAI for Jayalalithaa’s fingerprint details….
The Madras High Court on Friday decided to compare former chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s thumb impression on documents relating to a bypoll last year, with the late leader’s fingerprints available with the Parappana Agrahara jail at Bengaluru.
Justice P Velmurugan also asked the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to furnish Jayalalithaa’s thumb impression details to the court.
The superintendent of central prison at Parappana Agrahara and UIDAI regional officer, who handles Aadhaar, should give fingerprints’ details to the court by December 8, the judge said.
The matter relates to a petition filed by P Saravanan, DMK candidate for the November 2016 Thirupparankundram Assembly bypoll, challenging the election of AIADMK’s A K Bose.
During the pendency of the case, Saravanan had filed an additional affidavit, questioning the validity of the election documents.
He contended that the thumb impression of Jayalalithaa was obtained without her consent and knowledge while she was unconscious, with the “connivance” of the doctors who attended to the former chief minister and others.
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