Chennai: The Tamilnadu government has ordered the one-man commission of Justice (Retd) Arumughasamy probing the death of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to wind up by 24 October, said sources.
After the death of Jayalalithaa in 2016 after being treated in Apollo Hospitals for 75 days, where she died in December the same year, the one-man commission was set up by the State government on 25 September 2017.
Arumughasamy started his investigations two months later on 22 November.
The State government had given the commission a time-frame of three months when investigations commenced. However, this was extended twice, by six months first, followed by another four months.
Arumughasamy has questioned V K Sasikala, her kin, doctors who treated Jayalalithaa and even made a visit to the ward where she was treated.
The extension that the State government gave the commission comes to an end 24 October and the government has not indicated another extension but has asked the commission to complete the probe and submit its report.
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