Riding high on the success of their viral documentary that unmasked the medical procedures that led to the death of the former CM of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa, News18 Tamil Nadu (TN) is back yet again with another exclusive.
This time it is a riveting two-hour-long documentary – Operation Kodanad. Uncovering the entire truth, News18 TN is all set to bring to light what happened at the CM’s summer abode, a sprawling 900-acre estate in the Nilgiris, and if it is related to the yet-to-be-solved mystery as to what led to the CM’s demise.
Slated to go live on News18 Tamil Nadu on June 21 at 8 pm, the ‘Operation Kodanad’ series spread across (number of days) of (hours each) will unravel all the hidden facts and secrets that have never come out in the open before.
For the uninitiated, the channel got the exclusive interview of the accused, Santosh Samy, from Thrissur, who first revealed that Jayalalithaa’s driver Kanagaraj was murdered and that his accident was not natural.
After this story went on air, Tamil Nadu police re-opened the case. Taking a step ahead, News18 TN’s parallel investigation vows to not stop till they find out the truth.
The Operation Kodanad documentary is therefore an effort by the team to lay down all the facts and present to their viewers a comprehensive portrayal of what happened in 2017 at the Kodanad estate, which was a second office and residence of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late J Jayalalithaa.
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