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CHENNAI: Kollywood actress Maya , a Congress cadre, attempted suicide in front of the Chennai city police commissioner ’s office at Vepery here on Wednesday to protest against the imprisonment of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in a disproportionate assets case.Maya and her daughter, Gunapriya, came to the commissioner's office carrying kerosene in a can at 12.30pm. Police personnel prevented Maya when she tried to douse herself in kerosene, in an apparent attempt to commit self-immolation.The Vepery police took Maya into custody and questioned her."I have decided to end my and my daughter's lives for the sake of Jayalalithaa," she said.Maya has acted in MGR-starrer “Amarakaviyam” and in Rajinikanth movie “Garjanai.”