Overview

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin confirmed her death in a condolence message and praised her service across key departments.
• Family members said she had been on long leave and undergoing treatment for an illness for the past three months.
• Her mortal remains were placed for public homage at her Kottivakkam residence in Chennai, with the funeral scheduled on Thursday afternoon.
• A 1997-batch IAS officer and MBBS graduate from Madras Medical College, she became a public face of the pandemic response through daily briefings and statewide tracing efforts during the Tablighi Jamaat cluster.
• She was the daughter of former DGP L. N. Venkatesan and former legislator Rani Venkatesan, and she had legally reverted from Beela Rajesh to Beela Venkatesan after her estranged husband’s conviction.