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Jayalalithaa sentenced to four-year jail term

Bangalore: A trial court here Saturday sentenced Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to a four-year jail term in the Rs.66-crore disproportionate assets case.

Special judge John Michael Cunha pronounced the sentence, hours after he convicted her.

The judge sentenced the three co-accused — V.K. Sasikala, V.N. Sudhakaran and J. Illavarasi — to four years jail as they too were convicted on similar charges under the relevant sections of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act.