Jayalalithaa files complaint againt Ramadoss, Tamil weekly

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa

Monday filed a complaint against PMK Founder S Ramadoss for

criticising her stay at Kodanad estate at Kotagiri recently

and the editor of a Tamil weekly for publishing his remarks in

its August one edition, which were allegedly defamatory. In the complaint filed in the Principal Sessions Court on

behalf of Jayalalithaa, City Public Prosecutor M L Jegan

alelged that Ramadoss had "maligned" the Chief Minister by

stating that she was being "inaccessible" to the bureaucrats

and other government officials by being away for months

together. Besides, he had charged the government with "corruption",

which was also per se defamatory. The complaint said the remarks "are imaginary and without

any basis. The remarks, which was carried in the "Ananda

Vikatan" was derogatory and made with the intention to malign

the reputation of the Chief Minister". The complaint also sought to punish Ramadoss, the

publisher, printer and editor of the weekly, besides the

reporter who took the PMK chief's interview. Meanwhile, the Principal Sessions Court issued summons to

the Editorial Director, Managing Editor, Executive Editor and

Senior Correspondent and five others of Tamil Magazine "India

Today" to appear before it on September 25 in connection with

a defamation case filed against them by the Chief Minister

recently.