The Madras High Court raises questions on former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa's death and asks why her body could not be exhumed.

"What was the cause of Jaya's death? Was Jaya in her senses when thumb the impression was made? asks Justice Vaidyalingam hearing a petition demanding an enquiry into former TN CM Jayalalithaa's death in the Madras High Court.

"Media has raised a lot of doubts, personally I also have doubts in Jayalalithaa's death. When she was admitted to hospital, it was said that she was on proper diet. At least after her death now, truth should be revealed," he observed.

Expelled AIADMK Rajya Sabha member Sasikala Pushpa has also moved the Supreme Court seeking an investigation into the "mysterious death" of the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa by an independent agency like the CBI or a judicial committee.

In her writ petition, Pushpa claimed that "more than 280 people lost their lives due to shock following the death of Jayalalithaa and the said lives have been lost only due to the arbitrary manner in which her deteriorating health was hidden from the public at large".

Among the several questions posed in the writ petition, Pushpa asked, "Why are there embalming marks on her (Jayalalithaa's) cheeks as is clear from the funeral photographs? Does it mean she died long back? If yes, what was the reason that the news was kept as a secret?"