D Jayakumar came out of jail and was accorded a warm welcome by AIADMK leaders and workers.
Chennai:
Senior AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu fisheries minister D Jayakumar, who was arrested in three cases including a land grab case, was on Saturday released from the Central Jail in Chennai after the Madras High Court granted him conditional bail. .
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Jayakumar came out of jail and was accorded a warm welcome by AIADMK leaders and workers. Later, party coordinator O Panneerselvam and co-coordinator K Palaniswami met Mr. Jayakumar at his residence, from where he was arrested by the police last month.
He was kept in jail for 20 days. Mr. Jayakumar accused the ruling DMK of political vendetta. “(MK) Stalin’s DMK thinks it can finish AIADMK by registering cases against its leaders. Even if thousands of Stalins come, AIADMK cannot be destroyed,” Jayakumar told reporters outside the jail. “
He alleged that the jail did not even have water to drink or a mat to sleep in. “I had to sleep on the floor,” said Mr. Jayakumar. He said that his release means that the truth has prevailed. As he was welcomed by party men outside the jail, Mr. Jayakumar raised slogans condemning the DMK government.
Top party leaders Panneerselvam and Palaniswami inquired about his health from him. Mr. Jayakumar thanked him and the party workers who stood by him.
He was arrested for land grabbing and granted bail on the condition that he would be executed on a personal bond of Rs 10,000 each with two sureties for an equal amount and also stay in Tiruchirappalli and police for two weeks. will appear in front of Thereafter, he should appear before the Crime Branch police here every Monday till further orders.