With a few days left in her prison term, the close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, had been admitted in the government Bowring Hospital after she complained of fever and breathlessness. Earlier the former AIADMK general secretary was being treated at the jail hospital but later taken to the Bowring Hospital for a second opinion, as per PTI report. Also Read: PM Modi Wishes New US President Joe Biden, Says India-US Partnership Committed For Greater Heights
As per the PTI sources, she was getting treated for fever and breathlessness in the jail hospital. It is still not confirmed yet whether she is suffering from Covid-19.
The expelled AIADMK leader reached the hospital in an ambulance and was taken inside the hospital in a wheelchair. Sasikala later tested negative for Covid-19 in a rapid antigen test while her samples have been collected for an RT-PCR test. The report of this test will come on Thursday, as per India the Today report.
Sasikala is currently serving a four-year jail term in a disproportionate assets case was convicted by the Supreme Court in a disproportionate assets case along with two of her relatives - Illavarasi and Sudhakaran- lodged in the same Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru. While serving the imprisonment in Parappana Agrahara jail, she has deposited fine of Rs 10 crore and 10 thousand in Bengaluru sessions court. The amount has been paid by account holders Pazhanivelu, Vasantha Devi, Hema and Vivek.
The former AIADMK leader is all set to walk out from the prison on January 27, a day that coincides with unveiling of J Jayalalitha's memorial at the Marina Beach in Chennai by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister EK Palaniswami. Her exit from the prison could prove to be a major turning point in Tamil Nadu politics ahead of the next year’s Assembly elections.