Winding up her deposition before a special court here,Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday maintained the disproportionate asset case against her was politically motivated and fabricated at the instance of the DMK.
Appearing for the fourth time since last month before special judge B M Mallikarjunaiah in the 15-year-old case,she answered 1,339 questions framed by the judge,who recorded her statement in the closed-door hearing at the high-security makeshift court at Parapana Agrahara.
Jayalalithaa,who had replied to 580 questions on Tuesday,fielded the remaining 192 on Wednesday,special public prosecutor B V Acharya told reporters after the more than three-hour-long proceedings. With todays deposition she has answered all the 1,339 questions which were framed by the court under section 313 of CrPC relating to recording of statement, he said.
The AIADMK chief deposed in the court on Tuesday for the third time after the Supreme Court rejected her plea for exemption from personal appearance.