VK Sasikala was jailed in 2017 in connection with the Rs. 66 crore disproportionate assets case.Bengaluru: VK Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, has been released right after spending 4 years in a Bengaluru jail in a corruption case. She will, having said that, stay in a hospital in the city as she is becoming treated for Covid.The 66-year-old was formally released from the Central Jail in Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara right after jail officials completed the formalities at the hospital. She will continue to be at Victoria Hospital for 4 to 5 days more, the hospital’s health-related superintendent mentioned. A enormous crowd of her supporters lined up outdoors the Victoria Hospital, raising slogans in her favour and distributed sweets in celebration.Shortly just before her release, hospital authoriites mentioned she is steady, adding that she is “conscious, alert and well oriented”.The ex-AIADMK leader’s release comes on a day when the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami inaugurates a Rs. 79 crore memorial Jayalalithaa along Chennai’s Marina Beach.Sasikala was sentenced to 4 years in prison in 2017 in the Rs. 66 crore disproportionate assets case. Her sister-in-law J Ilavarasi and J Jayalalithaa’s foster son VN Sudhakaran have been also convicted in the case.Her release comes just months just before the assembly election in Tamil Nadu.At the height of her energy Sasikala was a hugely influential force inside the AIADMK and, if she is capable to rediscover even some of that influence, she could emerge a important player in the election.However, Mr Palaniswami has ruled out speak of Sasikala’s re-entry into the ruling AIADMK, which is reportedly beneath stress from its ally the BJP.
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