The 61-year-old actor has recently returned from London after a movie shooting and the reports say that he had undergone testing in Chennai, which has now returned positive.
The boy was found dead lying on a roadside food pushcart near the Villupuram- Chennai highway. He was discovered lying on a piece of cloth on the pushcart on December 15.
The Tamil Nadu police have already been tracing the whereabouts of the former minister and eight special teams have been formed to take up the baton of apprehending him.
The police have now arrested Uma Devi and five men who had murdered the transwoman. A case has been filed against them under section 302- murder of the Indian Penal Code.
Chennai has been reporting a surge in the Omicron cases and of the total 34 cases, Chennai has recorded 27 cases while four cases were from Madurai, two cases from Thiruvannamalai, and one case from Salem.
As he nears his first complete year as the Chief Minister, he has been drawing out a plan to defeat the rival ADMK and capture what remains to be the latter's fortress.