Jayalalithaa case adjourned to April 26

Bangalore, April 19: A local court today granted time till April 26 to the court officer to enable him incorporate the correct version of witnesses' statements recorded in the disproportionate asset case against former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.

Special Court Judge B M Mallikarjunaiah, before whom the case came up for trial today, granted time till that date.

Earlier the official interpreter furnished to the court the suggested correct version of statements after having compared original version recorded in Tamil with defects pointed out by the defence in the translated version in English.

On April 6 the court had granted time till today to the official interpreter to furnish the correct suggested version.

Of the total of 259 witnesses in the case, the correct version of statements of 179 witnesses has been incorporated so far.

PTI