Life convict in former AIADMK MLA murder case tests positive for Covid-19 in Trichy Central Prison

TRICHY: A 49-year-old life convict in the former AIADMK MLA M K Balan murder case has tested positive for Covid-19. The test results arrived just a day after he was shifted from the Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai to the Trichy Central Prison with three others.
The convicts were moved to the Trichy Central Prison on Saturday night. The prison officials said the convicts underwent Covid-19 testing at the Puzhal prison on Friday. They had been shifted from Puzhal prison to the Trichy prison before the results arrived.
The test results, which arrived on Sunday, revealed that one of the prisoners tested positive for Covid-19 and the three others were negative.
Following this, the prison officials took him to Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) immediately. While he has been undergoing treatment in the hospital, the three others were isolated in a separate block in the prison.
The four convicts were convicted in the murder of former AIADMK MLA MK Balan in 2001. Balan joined DMK in 2001. The convicts have spent 17 years in prison.
This was the second Covid-19 positive case in the Trichy Central Prison. The first Covid-19 positive patient was a 39-year-old man life convict who had gone to the Puzhal prison to attend a 42-day para legal volunteer training programme. He returned to Trichy Central Prison on May 22.