V.K. Sasikala went from a woman poised to run a powerful southern state to just another Prisoner, Number 9234 on Wednesday as she bent down and walked through the tiny door into the Parapanna Agrahara jail after surrendering before the magistrate at the temporary court on the premises.

Missing were the AIADMK cadres and party supporters who had lined the roads leading to the central prison. Even the police presence was limited to the prison premises alone where they had cordoned off the area for hassle free entry of the convicts.