On what basis did Nalini, convicted of murder, get parole?

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has granted parole to Nalini Hariharan, one of the seven life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. State government’s counsel Hassan Mohammed gave this information to the Madras High Court bench of Justices PN Prakash and R Hemlata during the hearing of the Habeas Corpus petition of Nalini’s mother S Padma on Thursday. After recording this statement, the bench has stopped hearing on the petition.

In her petition, S Padma had said that she has many diseases and she wants her daughter to stay with her. He said that in this regard he had given several applications for parole to the state government for a month but to no avail. Nalini Hariharan’s one-month parole may start from December 25 or 26.

Let us tell you that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber of LTTE on May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur near Chennai. Seven people Murugan, Santhan, Perarivalan, Jayakumar, Robert Payas, Ravichandran and Nalini are serving life term in this case.

Significantly, another petition of Nalini Hariharan is yet to be heard in the court. He has demanded his release from Vellore Central Jail. Nalini Hariharan is in jail for the last nearly 3 decades. In 1998, a trial court had sentenced Nalini Hariharan to death. After this, in the year 2000, the sentence of Nalini Hariharan was changed to life imprisonment.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has also written a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind to release the convicts of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination. He demanded the release of all the seven convicts.