Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict gets one month parole

The Madras High Court on Friday granted a one month parole to S. Nalini, one of the those convicted in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

The court order came after hearing her plea for a six-month parole to make arrangements for her daughter's wedding.

Nalini argued her case in person.

In her plea, Nalini said every life convict was entitled to one month of ordinary leave after completing two years in prison and she had not taken the leave even once during the past 27 years she had spent in jail.

Besides Nalini, the six other convicted in the case are her husband V. Sriharan alias Murugan, A.G. Perarivalan, T. Suthendraraja alias Santhan, Jayakumar, Robert Payas and Ravichandran.

All the seven convicts have been in prison since 1991 after a female Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up while meeting Gandhi at an election rally near Chennai.