Kanimozhi breaks down on seeing brother Stalin in Tihar

More than a month after M.K. Stalin last saw his half-sister, the DMK leader flew in from Chennai on Monday morning and paid her a visit at Tihar's women's jail.

Kanimozhi, the DMK MP arrested on May 20 in connection with the 2G spectrum case, had last met Stalin at the special CBI court on May 24. This time he came to jail number 6, accompanied by DMK parliamentary party leader T.R. Baalu and MP A.K.S. Vijayan, and spent about half an hour with her in the afternoon. He also met former telecom minister A. Raja and Kalaignar TV managing director Sharad Kumar, the other high-profile 2G accused.

Director General (Prisons) Neeraj Kumar said the jail had received a fax request that morning asking for the three visitors to meet the inmates between 4 and 6 pm, and permission was granted. Each meeting lasted roughly half an hour.

Kanimozhi, who had maintained a composed front through more than a month in custody, reportedly broke down when she saw her brother. According to a jail account, she grew emotional as she entered the assistant superintendent's room where the mulaqaat took place; Stalin held her and spoke to her in Tamil for a long stretch while she nodded, eventually composing herself enough to reply. Baalu and Vijayan put a question or two to her during the half hour.

Jail officials described Kanimozhi as one of the most obedient of the high-profile inmates, she had asked for nothing, unlike some others, and said she had taken an interest in the jail's workings, including its vocational units for candle-making, pottery, tailoring, and crochet work.

Based on reporting by the Times of India.