Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini moves SC seeking premature release
S. Nalini, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, has moved the apex court challenging the Madras High Court order, which dismissed her plea.
S. Nalini, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, has moved the apex court challenging the Madras High Court order, which dismissed her plea.
Presidents sat on their mercy petitions for more than a decade and the Supreme Court in February 2014 commuted the death sentence to life term because of the long delay in execution.
The Congress chief, Alagiri has urged political parties not to demand the same. In a statement by Alagiri he said if the convicts were released early, similar demands would come up to release other convicts who have spent 25 years in jail.
After the argument that occurred on Monday, the prison officials asked Nalini about the incident, following which she allegedly threatened to commit suicide by tying a piece of cloth around her neck. Subsequently, the issue was sorted out.
Earlier in November last year, Robert Payas and AG Perarivalan were released on a 30-day parole. Perarivalan was released on one month parole. He was released from Vellore Central prison as he had applied for parole to meet his ailing father and also to attend a family wedding.
The Madras High Court on Wednesday adjourned a plea of V Sriharan alias Murugan, one of the seven life convicts…
