Ex-IPS Annamalai tests positive for Covid-19

Annamalai is contesting the TN assembly polls from Aravakurichi constituency and had been campaigning actively

BJP member and former cop Annamalai. Credit: PTI File Photo

Former Karnataka-cadre IPS officer K Annamalai, who is the BJP candidate from Aravakurichi constituency in the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

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Annamalai, 36, tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday night and is currently being treated at a private hospital in Coimbatore. “I have tested positive for COVID & hospitalised! I sincerely request everyone who has been around me lately to watch out for any symptoms & get tested,” Annamalai tweeted on Sunday morning.

The former Karnataka-cadre IPS officer joined the BJP in August 2020 and was appointed as Vice-President. Annamalai, who is contesting the assembly polls from his native Aravakurichi constituency in Karur district, had been campaigning for his party and himself for the past few months.

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