Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has sought enhanced security for her in the wake of a letter, allegedly written by a Sri Lankan Tamils' organisation, threatening her with grave consequences if she interfered in the LTTE issue. Counsel for Ms. Jayalalithaa had on Wednesday mentioned to Justice M.Jaichandren of the Madras High Court about the threat received by the AIADMK general secretary. Justice Jaichandren had permitted counsel to move the court on Thursday.
In June this year, the Judge had directed official authorities to depute a police officer not below the rank of a Superintendent of Police to meet Ms. Jayalalithaa at her residence, gather information on the threat perception and assess security arrangements provided to her.
In the memorandum filed by counsel A. Navaneethakrishnan, she stated that as directed by the court, A.T. Durai Kumar, Superintendent of Police-II, Security Branch CID, met her at her residence here on August 20. A letter detailing the security measures needed to be taken was handed over to the police officer. It was not known whether any report had been presented by the Superintendent of Police to the Security Review Committee.