VK Sasikala will be released from Bengaluru jail on January 27 after paying a fine of 10 million rupees.
Bangalore:
VK Sasikala, a close assistant to the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and head of AIADMK, J Jayalalithaa, has been admitted to the Bowring Government Hospital in Bengaluru for complaining of fever and back pain. A rapid antigen test from the former AIADMK leader, who had also complained of shortness of breath today, came back negative for COVID-19.
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Ms. Sasikala is awaiting her release from prison in a disproportionate estate case, in which the former Chief Minister was the main defendant.
On Wednesday, she was taken to hospital for the first time inside Bengaluru jail, where she has been serving a four-year sentence.
Doctors at the Bengaluru jail hospital suspect that Sasikala may have contracted COVID-19 as her blood oxygen level was low at the time of admission, sources said.
Within hours she was transferred to Bowring Hospital.
Officials at Bengaluru Prison have informed Ms. Sasikala’s legal team of her health.
Ms. Sasikala will be released from Bengaluru jail on January 27 after paying a fine of 10 million rupees in the case of disproportionate assets.
Her release comes a few months before Tamil Nadu holds the Assembly elections, which Ms. Sasikala could influence if she manages to regain even some of the influence she had before she was sent to prison.
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