J Jayalalithaa convicted; AIADMK workers stage protests

As soon Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was convicted in an 18-year-old disproportionate assets case by a special court, AIADMK workers began their protests.

Updated: September 28, 2014 15:56 IST

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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party workers cry after the verdict was handed down to party leader and Tamil Nadu state Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalitha as a court in Bangalore found her guilty of possessing wealth disproportionate to her known sources of income, in Chennai on Saturday (September 27). (Source: AP)

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Members of AIADMK stomp on a poster of DMK chief K Karunanidhi during protest. (Source: PTI)

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An Indian police officer baton charges an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party worker as the party workers protest. (Source: AP)

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AIADMK members staging the rail roko protest in Coimbatore over conviction of the party supremo. (Source: PTI)

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An injured All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) worker is helped by others to an ambulance during clashes with the opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party. (Source: AP)

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Police men hold an AIADMK supporter who tried to immolate himself in protest. (Source: PTI)

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was today convicted in an 18-year-old disproportionate assets case by a special court, a verdict that raises questions over her continuance on the post.
Jayalalitha, accompanied by her close confidante Sasikala Natarajan, leaving her Poes Garden residence to appear before a Bangalore Special Court in connection with the verdict in a disproportionate assets case against her, in Chennai on Saturday. (Source: PTI)

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Special Judge John Michael D'Cunha convicted the 66-year-old AIADMK Chief in a case of owning assets to the tune Rs 66,65 crores disproportionate to her known sources of income during 1991-96 when she was chief minister for the first time. (Source: PTI)

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha leaving her Poes Garden residence to appear before a Bangalore Special Court in connection with the verdict in a disproportionate assets case against her, in Chennai on Saturday. (Source: PTI)

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A supporter of AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalitha cries as the latter leaves her Poes Garden residence to appear before a Bangalore special court in connection with a disproportionate assets case, in Chennai on Saturday. (Source: PTI)