Natarajan Maruthappa was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), Gleneagles Global (Hospital), on March 16 with severe chest infection. In October last year, Natarajan was admitted to the hospital, where he underwent a liver and kidney transplant. He was discharged after having completely recovered from the operation with good liver and kidney graft function. Tracheostomy was performed then and he was on ventilator support for sometime.
Sasikala, serving a four-year imprisonment in a disproportionate assets case in the central prison in Bengaluru, is likely to get parole to attend the funeral.
