Sasikala, an aide of former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, has tested positive for COVID-19, reported ANI quoting Victoria Hospital, Bengaluru.

She was admitted to the Government Bowring Hospital on Wednesday after she complained of fever and breathlessness, reported PTI quoting jail sources.

The expelled AIADMK leader arrived in an ambulance and was taken inside the hospital in a wheelchair, the sources said.

Sasikala was sentenced to four years imprisonment in February 2017 in the Rs 66 crore disproportionate assets case. She is just a week away to walk free from the prison on January 27.