Justice (retired) A. Arumughaswamy, who is heading the Commission that inquired into the circumstances leading to the hospitalisation and death of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, said he did not intend to force Ms. Sasikala to depose before the Commission.
Talking to reporters after submitting the final report to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday, Mr. Arumughaswamy explained it would be too elaborate if he went into the issue of why he had not forced her to depose before the commission.
“The commission sent a summon and gave an opportunity to her to depose before it. When she sent it in writing that she would not appear, we cannot compel her. Though the commission has the right to summon her, we did not test it,” he said whether the commission had come to the conclusion that it was not necessary for her to appear before it.
