CHENNAI: In a key step in the Kodanad murder and heist case from April 2017, Vivek Jayaraman, V.K. Sasikala's nephew and Managing Director of Jaya news channel, has been questioned by the Nilgiris police, according to reports. The case had been renewed by the DMK government.

On Wednesday, he was questioned by a special police squad from 1.40 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the presence of his lawyer.

This is the first time in the case that someone close to Sasikala's family has been questioned. Vivek Jayaraman was questioned after the manager of Kodanad estate Natarajan revealed during his questioning that Vivek had been looking after the estate's business after the heist and murder.

The late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and her assistant V.K. Sasikala owned the 900-acre Kodanad estate in the Nilgiris area. This was the former Chief Minister's summer residence.

On April 23, 2017, after the death of Jayalalithaa and Sasikala behind the bars at Bengaluru in a disproportionate asset case, robbers barged into the estate bungalow and murdered a security guard Om Bahadhur and critically injured another, Krishna Thapa.

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