TN board for early release of Nalini
Nalini, the life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, who sought premature release, received fresh hopes as the advisory board constituted by the Tamil Nadu government met her at the Vellore central prison to consider her plea on Wednesday (January 21, 2010).
After more than 15 months, the state government, as directed by the Madras High Court, constituted two advisory boards, one to consider the premature release of 10 life convicts, serving sentence at the Vellore prison and the other to consider the plea of Nalini for early release.
However, sources say the Centre and the Tamil Nadu Congress leaders are not in favour of releasing Nalini.
Text: IANS
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Image: File: In this picture taken May 21 1991, then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (R) is greeted as he arrives to make an address during an election campaign moments before he was killed by a suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur in the southern Indian state of Tamil. The suspected Tamil guerrilla assassin is in the bottom left corner of the picture with flowers on her head. (Inset: Nalini)
