Properties, Jewellery, Cars, Investments - This is what Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa left behind

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Properties, Jewellery, Cars, Investments - This is what Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa left behindA dynamic political leader, Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa was also a sound business woman. The AIADMK leader, who no leader could match in terms of her flamboyant populism and superior leadership, left behind huge assets she accumulated in her lifetime.
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Here's an account of all that she left, as per official records:

Real estate
Jayalalithaa's massive 24,000 sqft residential property called Veda Nilayam in Poes Garden is valued at Rs 43.96 crore. The property was purchased by her mother in 1967 for Rs 1.32 lakh.

Jayalalithaa owns 14.50 acres of farm land in Jeedimetla village in Ranga Reddy district in Telangana and 3.43 acres in Cheyyur Village in Kancheepuram village in Tamil Nadu. She had purchased the property in Telangana in 1968 along with her mother Sandhya and the Cheyyur property in 1981.

She owns four commercial buildings, including one each here and in Hyderabad. According to reports, one of this property will belong to VN Sudhakaran, Jayalalithaa's once 'foster son' and nephew of Sasikala.
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Cars
Jayalalithaa owned two Toyoto Prado SUVs, a Tempo Traveller, a Tempo Trax, a Mahindra Jeep, an Ambassador car of 1980 make, a Mahindra Bolero, a Swaraj Mazada Maxi, and a 1990 model Contessa. The nine vehicles are worth around Rs 42,25,000.

Jewellery
The value of her 21,280.300 grams of gold jewellery could not be ascertained as it was with the Karnataka government treasury in connection with the disproportionate assets case. She had, however, declared possession of 1,250 kg of silver articles valued at Rs 3,12,50,000.

According to the affidavit filed for the RK Nagar constituency for the 2016 elections, Jayalalithaa owns movable assets worth Rs 41.63 crore and immovable assets Rs 72.09 crore. In the column on investment in companies, she said "various deposits and shares with companies have been seized by the police and with the custody of the court in case relating to Spl.C.C.No.208 of 2004 on the file of 36th Additional City Civil and Sessions Court, (Special Court) Bengaluru." The reference is with regard to the disproportionate assets case against her.

Investments
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Jayalalithaa had made investments in five firms as a 'partner', which are together worth Rs 27.44 crore. These include Shri Jaya Publications, Sasi Enterprises, Kodanad Estate, Royal Valley Floritech Exports and Green T Estate, the affidavit stated.

As per the last declaration, she had Rs 41,000 cash in hand, listed Rs 2.04 crore as liabilities and declared agriculture in the profession-occupation column.