Panel summons TN Deputy CM to quiz him on Jaya's death

Chennai: A panel probing the circumstances leading to former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death Thursday said it has summoned Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam to appear before it on December 20. Panneerselvam, who had held the portfolios of late Jayalalithaa during her hospitalisation in 2016, will appear after Health Minister C Vijayabaskar who has been directed to be present on December 18 before the Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry.

Senior AIADMK leader C Ponnaiyan and police officer Sudhakar, who was part of Jayalalithaa's security team, have also been summoned to appear on December 18 and 20 respectively, commission sources said.