N a development impacting the 15-year-old disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa , former advocate general BV Acharya has resigned as special public prosecutor in the case.

Acharya sent his resignation letter to the principal secretary to the home department . The 78-year-old refused to divulge details of the letter but said that filing of a private complaint citing his position as chairman of BMS Trust and the order for investigation by the special Lokayukta court had deeply hurt him, causing both embarrassment and mental agony.