Chennai: VK Sasikala, the close aide of former Tamilnadu Chief Minister late J Jayalalithaa, was admitted to Bengaluru’s Bowring Government Hospital, after she complained of fever and back pain.
Since she was also suffering from breathlessness, a rapid antigen test was taken, which turned out to be Covid negative.
Her swab sample is now being tested using the more reliable RT-PCR test to confirm if she has the coronavirus infection.
Sources said, she was initially taken to the hospital within the Bengaluru jail, where she has been serving a four-year term after being convicted in a disproportionate assets case.
As the doctors at the Bengaluru jail hospital suspected her of having contracted Covid-19, she was shifted to the Bowring hospital.
Sasikala’s hospitalisation comes a day after her lawyer confirmed that she would be released on 27 January, and that she had paid her Rs ten crore fine.