Releasing Rajiv's assassin: Centre will be consulted

Chennai: The central government will be consulted before the Tamil Nadu government makes a decision on whether to release Rajiv Gandhi's assassin from jail. That's what Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has clarified. (Read: Will Rajiv Gandhi's assassin leave jail soon?)


The advisory board of the Vellore Jail where Nalini Sriharan has spent nineteen years has reportedly recommended that she be freed for good behaviour. (Watch: Rajiv assassin Nalini to be released?)

Nalini was originally given the death sentence for her role in Rajiv Gandhi's death in 1991. After Nalini gave birth to a daughter in prison, this was commuted to a life sentence at the request of Sonia Gandhi, who said she didn't want to orphan a child.

Nalini has been asking that she be allowed to leave jail because of her ill-health. She says she wants to spend time with her daughter before she dies. (Watch: Rajiv's assassin wants to be a social worker)