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    Former AIADMK leader Sasikala discharged from Bengaluru hospital

    VK Sasikala was admitted to the Victoria Hospital after she tested positive for COVID-19 recently while under judicial custody.

    PTI
    January 31, 2021 / 02:09 PM IST
    File image: VK Sasikala

    File image: VK Sasikala

    Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala was discharged from a hospital here on Sunday after recovering from COVID-19, days after she was set free by the prison officials on completion her jail term in a corruption case, authorities said.

    The family has decided to take Sasikala, close aide of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, to Chennai, sources close to her said, adding the hospital has advised her to be under self-quarantine for sometime.

    Sasikala was admitted to the Victoria Hospital after she tested positive for COVID-19 recently while under judicial custody.

    Prison authorities here had formally released her on January 27 after she completed the four-year jail term in a Rs 66 crore disproportionate assets case. On the advice of doctors, she remained in the hospital and was discharged on Sunday after her latest test reports came negative for COVID-19, hospital officials said.