Former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader VK Sasikala is recovering from COVID-19 and her health condition is sound, the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) said on Monday. She is taking oral food normally and is also walking with support, the release added.

"Sasikala is being continuously monitored and she is being treated as per the standard treatment protocols of COVID-19," the hospital informed.

The close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late J Jayalalitha was admitted to Lady Curzon Hospital following complaints of fever. She was afterwards admitted to Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute and tested positive for COVID-19 in an RT-PCR test on January 21.

VK Sasikala is currently serving a sentence in a disproportionate assets case. . In 2019, the Income Tax Department had attached properties worth ₹ 1,600 crore belonging to the former AIADMK leader under the provisions of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act.

After she was sent to prison, a controversy had erupted after a committee report alleged that Sasikala had been receiving special treatment inside the prison.

Vivekanandan Krishnaveni Sasikala, also known by her married name Sasikala Natarajan, She was a close aide of J. Jayalalithaa, the late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, who headed the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from 1989 until her death in 2016.

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