File photo of Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala
10 days after he was arrested for criminal intimidation, the husband of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala, Natarajan, has got bail.
Natrajan was arrested by the Chennai Police on July 7 after a complaint of intimidation against him by Sihan Husseini, a Chennai-based Karate expert and sculptor. Mr Husseini had alleged that he was summoned and threatened by Mr Natarajan over a Rs. 2 crore deal to deliver a giant sculpture to be installed at the Mullivaaikaal Memorial at Thanjavur, established by a pro-Tamil World Tamil Confederation Trust (WTCF) in memory of the killing of Lankan Tamils in Sri Lanka during the final phase of the war between Sri Lankan army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
"Natarajan had paid me Rs. 25 lakh as advance and later paid some more against bills. When I asked him to settle the remaining Rs. 1.23 crore he threatened I'd be shot dead," Mr Husseini told NDTV.
Natarajan was arrested in January 2012 as well, following his expulsion from the AIADMK along with his wife Sasikala and few of her family members.
However, the Tamil Nadu chief minister revoked action against Sasikala after she disowned her controversial relatives.