Jayalalithaa faces a conviction, with a four-year sentence plus a Rs1 billion fine in the disproportionate assets case. It was a nerve-wracking day for the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in Tamil Nadu on Saturday as well as for its leader Jayalalithaa Jayaram, chief minister of Tamil Nadu and a political heavyweight in Indian politics. The suspense, however, was broken at around 3pm when details of the verdict trickled out of the barricaded Parappana Agrahara Court in Bangalore. Jayalalithaa faces a conviction, with a four-year sentence plus a Rs1 billion fine in the disproportionate assets case. The other three accused — close aide Sasikala Natarajan, foster...
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