Ex-AIADMK leader remains in Victoria Hospital, over a hundred police personnel deployed for security cover
After completing a four-year sentence in a disproportionate assets case, expelled AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala was formally released from Central Jail, Parappana Agrahara. Prison officials on Wednesday announced her release at Victoria Hospital, where she is being treated for COVID-19.
A team of officials on Wednesday morning visited Ms. Sasikala to complete formalities related to her release and hand over her belongings, said an official. While the prison escort has been withdrawn, over a hundred personnel the Bengaluru City Police have been deployed in and around Victoria Hospital for security, turning the COVID-19 ward into a fortress.
V.K. Sasikala, aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, waves to supporters as she is taken to Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru on January 21, 2021.
| Photo Credit: PTI
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