Spl treatment to Sasikala;Not yet briefed on inquiry committee

Karnataka Home Minister M BPatil Friday said he was yet to be briefed on the report of an enquiry committee that went into charges of preferential treatment to ousted AIADMK leader V K Sasikala at the prison here and would take action afterdiscussions with department officials.

Patil, who took over as Home Minister after the cabinet rejig on December 22, asserted that nobody was above the law andthere was no need to protect anybody.

"It has come to my notice through media reports about RTI... Nobody is above the law..." he told reporters here.

"There was inquiry...I'm holding discussions.Officially I'm yet to be briefed on it. I cannot act on media reports.

Ihave taken cognizance of media reports. I will discuss withour department officials and whatever is needed will be done. What is the need to protect anybody," he added.

An RTI query revealed that Sasikala was given special treatment in a prison here, where she is serving imprisonment in a corruption case, according to the report by an inquiry committee that went into the allegations by a senior police official,
I have to ascertain about it as the HomeMinister and will act accordingly."