VK Sasikala, former AIADMK leader will be released todayfrom Parappana Agrahara Prison in Bengaluru. She spent four years in prison ina corruption case.
Sasikala is a fomrer aide of late Tamil Nadu ChiefMinister J. Jayalalitha and got infected with Covid-19. She is undergoingtreatment for the same in a hospital.
Sasikala (63) will be discharged from the hospital as perprison officials and a report by Press Trust of India (PTI). She contracted thevirus on January 20 before his release from the prison. She will be dischargedfrom the hospital after completing the formalities.
Admitted to Bengaluru's Bowring hospital and latershifted to Victoria hospital, Sasikala's earlier Rapid Antigen and RT-PCRreports came negative but she developed symptoms of Severe Acute RespiratoryIllness. Tests last Thursday confirmed that she had Covid-19.
General Secretary of Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam and Sasikala'anephew, TTV Dinakaran said she was stable now. While speaking to the reporters,he said, "I got reliable information that her health is stable. Doctorsare looking after her very well. Good care is given. They are monitoringher," Mr Dhinakaran had said last week."
Sasikala was sentenced to four years of prison after shewas found guilty in Rs 66 Crore disproportionate assets case. Her sister in lawand foster son also were conducted in the same case.