Sasikala Natarajan who is cooling her heels in the Bengaluru central prison has till date seen 27 visits by various people in the 31 days she has been lodged there.

The documents accessed by India Today have indicated that convict Sasikala and team were being treated as VVIP convicts rather than ordinary ones. According to the jail manual, convicts are allowed to be visited between 11 and 5pm. On several occasions, it is seen that Sasikala and the other two convicts had visitors beyond 5 pm.

According to the jail manual, undertrial and convict prisoners are eligible for interviews once a week or once in 15 days respectively. Those who can meet convict prisoners are relatives, friends and advocates.