(The sentence was suspended and later overturned - not entirely surprising.)Nigel White wrote:The politician whose face was on all the posters for the 2013 World Championship in Chennai and who provided most of the sponsorship funding through the state of Tamil Nadu has been jailed for four years for corruption: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-29390682
Briefly returning to this to note that this is the same Jayalalithaa that has just died:
India Jayalalitha: Thousands mourn colourful politician