Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa who has been jailed for four years after a special court convicted her in the Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case will move Karnataka High Court on Monday seeking bail, said her advocate B Kumar.
The AIADMK chief, who has bee fined Rs 100 crore, will also seek stay on the conviction against her.
A special court in Bangalore had on Saturday delivered the landmark judgement in the 18-year-old corruption case, convicting Jayalalithaa, her former foster son VN Sudhakaran, close aide Sasikala and her relative Ilavarasi.
As Jayalalithaa heads to prison, stepping down as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK MLAs will meet on Sunday evening to decide candidate for the coveted post. Some of the names of Jayalalithaa's cabinet ministers including O Panneerselvam, Natham Viswanathan and V Senthil Balaji besides former Chief Secretary and Advisor to Tamil Nadu government, Sheela Balakrishnan are doing the rounds for the top post.
Meanwhile, incidents of violence have been reported from across the state following 'Amma's' conviction. FIRs have been filed against opposition party DMK chief K Karunanidhi and son MK Stalin.
Minor clashes were reported between AIADMK and DMK cadres soon after court announced the verdict. Stone-pelting and torching of public property, attacks on mediapersons and forceful closure of shops occurred across Tamil Nadu on Saturday as mobs reacted to the sentencing of the CM to four years imprisonment by a special court in Bangalore in a graft case.
Protesters went on the rampage in many parts of the state damaging shops.
In Madurai, the stronghold of DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi's son MK Alagiri, AIADMK activists allegedly ransacked vehicles parked on the road, pelted stones and smashed window panes of several vehicles to vent their anger. AIADMK wirkers blocked traffic as well.
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