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'Not happy at present.. release my husband': Nalini Sriharan requests TN, centre

Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991, at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a woman suicide bomber while at a poll rally.

Nalini Sriharan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, speaks to reporters during a press conference after being released from prison yesterday, in Chennai, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar)
Updated on Nov 15, 2022 11:50 AM IST

The Taste With Vir: SC wrong to release Rajiv Gandhi's assassination convicts?

Is the Supreme Court wrong and the Congress is right to distance itself from the Gandhis on the issue of release of Nalini Sriharan and other convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case? Vir Sanghvi shares his opinion

Nalini Sriharan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, during a press conference, a day after she was released from the prison following the Supreme Court's order, in Chennai. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar)
Updated on Nov 14, 2022 02:16 PM IST

What Rajiv Gandhi convict Nalini said on meeting Priyanka Gandhi in jail

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Nalini Sriharan – reported to be the longest-serving woman prisoner in the country – was released from Vellore Jail in Tamil Nadu on Saturday evening following the top court's order, along with other convicts.

Nalini, who was jailed for the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi gestures during a media briefing in Chennai on November 13, 2022, after India's Supreme Court ordered the release. - The last convicts jailed for the 1991 assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi walked out of prison on November 12, a day after the country's Supreme Court ordered their release. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)(AFP)
Updated on Nov 13, 2022 05:20 PM IST

‘See us as victims, not killers’: Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict

On November 11, the Supreme Court ordered the release of all the remaining six convicts, mirroring the reasoning of poor health and good behaviour it had cited in May in the release of another convict in the assassination case.

Ravichandran, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, after being released from the prison, in Madurai, Saturday, November 12, 2022. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Nov 13, 2022 01:00 PM IST
By, New Delhi

'Thankful to people of TN': Rajiv Gandhi convict Nalini Sriharan leaves jail

Six convicts – Nalini Sriharan, Jaykumar, RP Ravichandran, Robert Pias, Suthendraraja and Sriharan – were freed in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case by the Supreme Court based on their good conduct in jail.

Nalini Sriharan, one of six convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, speaks to media persons after release from jail. (ANI)
Updated on Nov 12, 2022 08:55 PM IST

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: SC to hear case of premature release of convicts

The petition for premature release was filed back in 2016 by 46-year-old AG Perarivalan, one of the convicts in the case.

Supreme Court (File Photo)
Published on Dec 07, 2021 07:31 AM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Rajiv Case convict moves HC, seeks release without TN's governor’s consent

In her plea, Nalini has urged the HC to declare as “unconstitutional” the “failure” on the part of the Tamil Nadu Governor to act on the state government’s earlier recommendation for the release of all seven convicts.

The state’s previous AIADMK regime in 2018 passed a unanimous resolution in the Assembly for the release of the seven convicts. (AFP)
Updated on Oct 03, 2021 01:56 AM IST
By, Chennai

'Don't have anger towards anybody': Rahul Gandhi on father's killers

Rahul Gandhi is in Puducherry and interacted with a group of college students. He also met the fishermen community.

Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayanasamy with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the interaction with members of fisherman community, in Puducherry on Wednesday.(ANI Photo)
Published on Feb 17, 2021 05:49 PM IST
By | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi

After 25 years in prison for Rajiv Gandhi’s murder, Nalini Sriharan wants mercy killing

Pugazhendhi Pandian, Nalini’s advocate on Saturday said that Nalini had sent a letter demanding mercy killing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Madras High Court Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and the TN Home Secretary’s office.

Nalini was out on parole this year on July 25 in order to make wedding arrangements for her UK-based daughter.(FILE PHOTO.)
Updated on Nov 30, 2019 06:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | ByM Manikandan

Madras HC rejects Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini’s plea to extend parole

Nalini Sriharan is on parole since July 25 for making wedding arrangements for her daughter S Harithra who is based in the UK.

Nalini Sriharan, one of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case,was released from prison in Vellore on a 30-day parole on July 25 to make preparations for her daughter's wedding.(PTI)
Updated on Sep 12, 2019 07:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | ByM Manikandan

After wife Nalini, Murugan, also serving sentence in Rajiv assassination case, seeks parole

Murugan’s reason for seeking parole--for marriage arrangements of UK-based daughter Harithra Sriharan -- is identical to Nalini’s.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Muruguan’s wife Nalini is also on parole granted by the Madras High Court(PTI Photo)
Updated on Sep 08, 2019 08:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | ByM Manikandan

Madras High Court extends Rajiv Gandhi murder convict Nalini’s parole period

Nalini, one of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case who is serving a life term, started her parole on July 25 for a month to make arrangements for her daughter’s wedding.

Nalini Sriharan, one of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, got an extension in her parole.(PTI photo)
Updated on Aug 22, 2019 03:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | ByM Manikandan

Nalini, Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict, seeks extension of parole

Acting on a petition by Nalini, the Madras High Court had granted her ‘ordinary leave’ of 30 days and she walked out of the Vellore Special Prison for Women on July 25, on completing the necessary formalities.

Nalini, who is in prison for 28 years, and her husband Sriharan Murugan, also a life convict in the case, are both Sri Lankan nationals.(HT PHOTO.)
Updated on Aug 16, 2019 07:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | ByMC Rajan

Rajiv Gandhi murder convict Nalini on 1-month parole for daughter’s wedding

Nalini had sought the parole to make arrangements for her daughter’s wedding. Her daughter Harithra, who was born in prison, currently lives in the UK.

Nalini Sriharan bein released fron Vellore prison on Thursday on a month’s parole.(HT photo)
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 11:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Nalini Sriharan, Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict, gets month-long parole

Arguing in person before a division bench of the Madras High Court on July 5, she secured ordinary leave of 30 days to make necessary arrangements for the wedding of her daughter, Harithra.

In the High Court, Nalini had sought six months’ parole. During the 28 years of her incarceration, she had availed only a day’s parole that too to attend the post-funeral rites of her father. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 08:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | ByMC Rajan

Rajiv Gandhi case convict to argue for parole in person

On June 11, the bench had maintained that Sriharan had the right to argue her case in person.

Rajiv Gandhi(File photo)
Updated on Jun 26, 2019 12:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | ByMC Rajan

Nalini Sriharan can argue her plea in person, says Madras HC

Former PM Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber during an election rally at Sriperumpudur near Chennai on May 21, 1991.

Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has the right to argue her plea in person for seeking parole to attend her daughter’s wedding in London, the Madras high court said on Tuesday(PTI Photo)
Published on Jun 12, 2019 12:03 AM IST
Chennai | ByMC Rajan

Nalini, convicted for killing Rajiv Gandhi, moves court seeking early release

Earlier on April 15, Nalini had moved a petition before the MHC asking for six months parole for attending her daughter Haritha’s marriage. Nalini’s daughter resides in London along with her grandparents.

Nalini, her husband Murugan, and five others have been in prison for nearly 28 years after they were convicted for assassinating former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.(HT FILE PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 25, 2019 07:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | ByM Manikandan
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