CHENNAI: A counsel for a Commission of Inquiry probing the loss of life of former leader minister J Jayalalithaa has alleged in a petition that Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan colluded and conspired with Apollo Hospital and "inappropriate treatment" was once provided to her, sources mentioned. Also, the fee's counsel has alleged that the then leader secretary P Rama Mohana Rao, at the time of Jayalalithaa's hospitalisation in 2016, had "purposely given false evidence", they mentioned.
The allegations have been strongly refuted through both the health secretary and the clinic, while the former leader secretary mentioned he was once now not aware of the petition.
The standing counsel for the Justice A Arumughaswamy commision, Mohammed Jafarullah Khan, in a petition before the panel has sought to implead Radhakrishnan and Rao as respondents.
The counsel's petition alleges that the health secretary made contradictory statements before the panel and the official was once also towards taking Jayalalithaa out of the country for remedy.
"While so it is apparent that the evidence of the health secretary is not only contradictory, but also suggestive of conspiracy and collusion between the health secretary and Apollo Hospital with regard to the inappropriate treatment of the late chief minister," the petition claimed.
"At times, he speaks like the spokesman of the Apollo Hospital, which speaks volume to the collusion and inaction in the matter of treatment of late chief minister," it claimed.
When contacted, Radhakrishnan disregarded the allegations levelled towards him as "unfounded, baseless and wild" and mentioned that he had, thus far, now not been served a replica of the petition filed through the fee's counsel.
The allegation that he "conspired and colluded" with Apollo Hospital and acted like its spokesperson was once "not only false, but also slanderous", the highest official mentioned.
"These allegations have caused tremendous stress and mental agony to me...in reality I have only discharged my duties to the best of my ability," he instructed .
He mentioned the treating doctors from Apollo and specialist specialists had concurred with the road of remedy for the former leader minister.
"Whether to take her or not to a foreign destination for treatment was purely a medical decision for which it would not be correct to hold an official like him responsible," he mentioned.
The official mentioned at no level was once any procedure or remedy that was once "unavailable" in India sought for her.
He mentioned that later it was once ascertained that the former leader minister herself didn't individually need to be handled out of the country.
On January four, throughout his scheduled deposition, Radhakrishnan mentioned he would resolution queries and clear the air vis-a-vis the allegations.
Regarding Rao, the panel's counsel mentioned the former leader secretary had "purposely given false evidence", and really useful motion towards him under the Commissions of Inquiry Act.
Khan, in his plea, mentioned while Rao had deposed that he had apprised the government of signing (together with the former CM's aide Sasikala) about 20 consent paperwork for Jayalalithaa's remedy, the incumbent leader secretary has answered that no such letter (apprising the government) was once gained.
"From this, it is very clear that former chief secretary had purposely given false evidence before the commission," the petition mentioned.
When asked for his reaction, Rao instructed , "I am out of station and not aware of it."
The Apollo Hospital rejected the allegations and in a statement mentioned, "It is surprising that the commission is itself filing this petition against other parties."
It mentioned the lawsuits before the inquiry panel can't be "accusatorial" in nature.
Jayalalithaa died on Dec five, 2016 and the Commission of Inquiry was once constituted the following yr through the ruling AIADMK govt following allegations and suspicions surrounding her loss of life.
The allegations have been strongly refuted through both the health secretary and the clinic, while the former leader secretary mentioned he was once now not aware of the petition.
The standing counsel for the Justice A Arumughaswamy commision, Mohammed Jafarullah Khan, in a petition before the panel has sought to implead Radhakrishnan and Rao as respondents.
The counsel's petition alleges that the health secretary made contradictory statements before the panel and the official was once also towards taking Jayalalithaa out of the country for remedy.
"While so it is apparent that the evidence of the health secretary is not only contradictory, but also suggestive of conspiracy and collusion between the health secretary and Apollo Hospital with regard to the inappropriate treatment of the late chief minister," the petition claimed.
"At times, he speaks like the spokesman of the Apollo Hospital, which speaks volume to the collusion and inaction in the matter of treatment of late chief minister," it claimed.
When contacted, Radhakrishnan disregarded the allegations levelled towards him as "unfounded, baseless and wild" and mentioned that he had, thus far, now not been served a replica of the petition filed through the fee's counsel.
The allegation that he "conspired and colluded" with Apollo Hospital and acted like its spokesperson was once "not only false, but also slanderous", the highest official mentioned.
"These allegations have caused tremendous stress and mental agony to me...in reality I have only discharged my duties to the best of my ability," he instructed .
He mentioned the treating doctors from Apollo and specialist specialists had concurred with the road of remedy for the former leader minister.
"Whether to take her or not to a foreign destination for treatment was purely a medical decision for which it would not be correct to hold an official like him responsible," he mentioned.
The official mentioned at no level was once any procedure or remedy that was once "unavailable" in India sought for her.
He mentioned that later it was once ascertained that the former leader minister herself didn't individually need to be handled out of the country.
On January four, throughout his scheduled deposition, Radhakrishnan mentioned he would resolution queries and clear the air vis-a-vis the allegations.
Regarding Rao, the panel's counsel mentioned the former leader secretary had "purposely given false evidence", and really useful motion towards him under the Commissions of Inquiry Act.
Khan, in his plea, mentioned while Rao had deposed that he had apprised the government of signing (together with the former CM's aide Sasikala) about 20 consent paperwork for Jayalalithaa's remedy, the incumbent leader secretary has answered that no such letter (apprising the government) was once gained.
"From this, it is very clear that former chief secretary had purposely given false evidence before the commission," the petition mentioned.
When asked for his reaction, Rao instructed , "I am out of station and not aware of it."
The Apollo Hospital rejected the allegations and in a statement mentioned, "It is surprising that the commission is itself filing this petition against other parties."
It mentioned the lawsuits before the inquiry panel can't be "accusatorial" in nature.
Jayalalithaa died on Dec five, 2016 and the Commission of Inquiry was once constituted the following yr through the ruling AIADMK govt following allegations and suspicions surrounding her loss of life.
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