Convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case granted month long parole
New Delhi, Nov 08: Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict A G Perarivalan was granted ordinary leave for a month to take care of his ailing father, a top Tamil Nadu Prison official said.
Perarivalan, alias Arivu, who is in prison since 1991 and serving life imprisonment at the Vellore Central Prison will be released after compliance with norms for leave.
"Perarivalan is granted parole (ordinary leave) for a month to enable him to attend to his ailing father," a top State prison official told PTI.
The leave is granted by the prison department in accordance with the Tamil Nadu Suspension of Sentence Rules, 1982 following a plea from the convict citing the health status of his 76-year old father Gnanasekaran.
Rajiv
Gandhi
assassination
convict
Nalini
gets
30-day
parole
for
daughter's
wedding
"The
30-day
leave
will
be
reckoned
from
the
day
he
leaves
the
prison,"
the
official
said.
Perarivalan
will
be
released
from
jail
after
a
bond
was
furnished
affirming
compliance
with
rules
including
keeping
peace,
he
added.
In 2017 August, Perarivalan got a similar leave, his first since 1991 in connection with the medical treatment to his father.