Sasikala freed from jail, will remain hospitalised for Covid

Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala was released on Wednesday after serving four years imprisonment in a corruption case.The formalities for her release were done at the state- run Victoria Hospital in Bangaluru, where she is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 infection, which she had contracted a week ago, along with her sister-in-law J Ilavarasi. According to  Parappana Agrahara Jail Superintendent V Sheshamurthy ,she has been released' However, she would remain at the Victoria hospital for another three days as mandated under the COVID-19 protocol, though she is now asymptomatic and her symptoms have reduced.

"As per protocol, she will be discharged on 10th day (January 30) if she is asymptomatic and free for oxygen support for at least three days," the hospital said in an official bulletin.ndependent legislator T T V Dhinakaran, Sasikala's nephew and founder of Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) visited the hospital after she was released by jail officials.Sasikala was in prison since February 2017 along with Ilavarasi and late Jayalalithaa's foster son V N Sudhakaran in connection with the Rs 66 crore disproportionate assets case. Ilavarasi will be released in the first week of February. Sasikala's release from prison comes close to Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, due in April-May this year.