Bengaluru, Jan 23 : Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s close aide V. K. Sasikala’s prison cellmate and sister-in-law, J. Ilavarasi has also tested Covid-19 positive. She has been admitted to Victoria Hospital, the prison authorities said here on Saturday.
Ilavarasi is undergoing treatment at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru, where Sasikala has been admitted since Thursday.
Sasikala and Ilavarasi have been lodged at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru since February 2017 after the Supreme Court upheld their conviction in a disproportionate assets case. The two along with another relative Sudhakaran were sentenced to four years in jail.
Both Sasikala and Ilavarasi are scheduled to be released on January 27.
On Thursday night expelled AIADMK leader Sasikala tested positive for Covid and according to prison officials, Ilavarasi was tested for Covid-19 on Friday.
The Victoria Hospital in its health bulletin released to the media on Friday night stated that Sasikala’s condition was stable and she was comfortable besides being conscious and well oriented.
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