Updated Jan 27, 2021 · 01:21 pm A file photo of former AIADMK leader VK Sasikala. | PTI
Former All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader VK Sasikala was released from prison on Wednesday, reported PTI. She will, however, remain in hospital as she is being treated for the coronavirus infection.
A huge crowd lined up outside the Victoria Hospital, where she is undergoing treatment, and shouted slogans in her support. Some distributed sweets in celebration. The procedures for her release were completed at the hospital itself.
Sasikala, who was a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late J Jayalalithaa, was convicted in a disproportionate assets case on February 14, 2017. She is set to be released after paying a Rs 10-crore fine, failing which her imprisonment would have been extended by 13 more months.
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BENGALURU: VK Sasikala has been released from judicial custody today morning after completing a four-year-long sentence in a disproportionate assets case.
According to sources, a prison officer accompanied by her lawyer went inside the trauma care centre at Victoria Hospital and took her signature for formal release from prison.
After four years of imprisonment in the disproportionate wealth case, VK Sasikala released in Bengaluru; Prison authorities completed the process for her release at the hospital where she is being treated for Corona infection @xpresstn@NewIndianXpress T Muruganandham (@muruga TNIE) January 27, 2021
Sasikala is being treated at Victoria Hospital for coronavirus.
Sasikala is slated to be released from the Parappana Agrahara Prison in Bengaluru on January 27. VK Sasikala | Photo Credit: ANI
Bengaluru: VK Sasikala, the key aide of late former chief minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa has developed a severe chest infection and has very high-sugar levels, the Victoria Hospital Bengaluru said on Thursday, news agency ANI reported. Shortly later, it was confirmed that she has tested positive for COVID-19, Victoria Hospital, Bengaluru said.
According to tweets posted by the agency, the Tamil Nadu leader was referred from Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospital with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypothyroidism, UTI & suspected SARI & treated with antibiotics, Insulin, Heparin & other supportive measures and was admitted to the Victoria Hospital.
VK Sasikala s Health Stable, Needs Oxygen Due To Secondary Infections
Director of the Bowring Hospital Dr Manoj Kumar H V said that her Covid test reports have come out negative. File Photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-21T14:42:28+05:30 VK Sasikala s Health Stable, Needs Oxygen Due To Secondary Infections outlookindia.com 2021-01-21T14:43:37+05:30
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The health of VK Sasikala, a close aide of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa, who was brought to the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital from Central Jail after she complained of fever, is stable.
Director of the Bowring Hospital Dr Manoj Kumar H V said that her Covid test reports have come out negative.