At first it was thought that it'd be Vivek the son of Ilavarasi who'd be performing the last rites with Sasikala.
Jayalalitha passed away around midnight on December 5,2016 on the premises of the Apollo hospital owing to a cardiac arrest which proved to be fatal for the health.
According to the rights of the Tamil Iyengaran Brahmin community the body should be cremated after the death. But much to everyone's surprise Jayalalitha's body was laid down near to MGR's grave at the Marina in Chennai. The last rites was performed by Sasikala and another young man. So who was he?
But the person who performed the last rites along with Sasikala was Deepak Jayakumar, the son of Jayakumar who is Jayalalithaa’s deceased brother.
Jayalalithaa laid to rest at her final resting place on Marina Beach https://t.co/77GGmNuFzD pic.twitter.com/8snNZMO81R— TheNewsMinute (@thenewsminute) December 6, 2016
Aside from being a real estate businessman in Chennai, not much is known about Deepak. He's also the brother of Deepa Jayakumar who's entry to the hospital was denied earlier. Jayalalitha has visited Deepak and Deepa when their father died at the house in T Nagar on 1995. Last year (2013), Deepa's mother Vijayalakshmi too passed away. The last time Deepa met her aunt was at a film function in 2002. Her several attempts to meet Jayalalithaa in the last decade proved futile. Their relationship was strained after the grand wedding of Jayalalitha's foster son Sudhagaran in 1995.
Those who visited Rajaji Hall to pay homage to Jayalalithaa through the day confirmed that they spotted Deepak with M Natrajan, Sasikala’s husband.
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