Vellore Prison

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  Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict Granted One Month Leave

  Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict AG Perarivalan was on Thursday granted ordinary leave for a month to take care of his ailing father, a top Tamil Nadu Prison official said.

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  Convicts Who Set Bus On Fire Killing 3 Women In Tamil Nadu Set Free

  Over 18 years ago, three Tamil Nadu students were burnt alive in Dharmapuri by AIADMK men protesting the conviction of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in a corruption case. Three of the protesters, who were found guilty of setting their bus on fire and sentenced to life, have been set free from the Vellore Central Prison following an approval ...

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  Rajiv Gandhi Assassin Nalini Sriharan On Hunger Strike Demanding Shift To Chennai Jail

  Nalini Sriharan, one of the convicts in the assassination case of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has started a hunger strike in Vellore prison demanding that she be shifted to a jail here.

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  DMK Slams AIADMK Over Attack On Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Convict

  A day after Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict AG Perarivalan was attacked with an iron rod inside the high security Vellore prison, DMK president Karunanidhi today alleged that the incident showed that even a prisoner in jail was "not safe" in AIADMK regime.

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  Nalini Back In Jail After Attending Father's Last Rites On Parole

  Nalini Sriharan, who is undergoing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, was lodged back in the Vellore prison this evening, after she attended the last rites of her father during the 12-hour parole she was granted.

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  Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Convict Undergoes Medical Tests for Illness

  A life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, AG Perarivalan, who was brought to Chennai from Vellore central prison, on Monday underwent medical tests at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) here to determine his illess related to an infection.

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  Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Convict Shifted to Chennai

  A convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, AG Perarivalan who is serving life imprisonment at Vellore Central Prison was today brought to Chennai for medical treatment due to an illness, jail authorities said.

• Relief for Nalini. Madras High Court quashes trial for possession of mobile phone in jail

  The Madras High Court today quashed all proceedings by a lower court in Vellore against Rajiv Gandhi murder convict Nalini Sriharan for allegedly possessing a mobile phone in her cell inside the Vellore prison in April 2010.

• Death row convict in Rajiv Gandhi killing gets gold medal

  Death row convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case Perarivalan has won gold medal in one of the Prison Department conducted educational and vocational training programmes.

• Rajiv Gandhi assassins score well in Class 12 exams

  Perarivalan and Murugan, facing the gallows in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and lodged at the high-security prison in Vellore, have cleared the Class XII state board exams with flying colours, scoring a little over 91 per cent and 81 per cent respectively.

• Nalini Sriharan gets back 'A' class in jail

  The Madras high Court has restored first class status to Rajiv Gandhi murder convict Nalini Sriharan in Vellore jail. The court has directed prison authorities to provide "A" class facility.

• Nalini meets husband Murugan at Vellore jail

  Nalini Sriharan, who has spent 20 years in prison for her role in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, met her husband Murugan after being moved to the Vellore Prison in Tamil Nadu a few days ago.

• Rajiv assassin Nalini shifted to Vellore Jail

  Nalini Sriharan, who has spent 20 years in prison for her role in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, is being moved to the Vellore Prison in Tamil Nadu.

• 3 Rajiv Gandhi assassins to be hanged on September 9

  The three men facing death penalty for the 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi will be hanged on September 9 at Tamil Nadu's Vellore prison, a jail official said on Friday. Prison Superintendent R Arivudainambi on Friday afternoon received the official communication to carry out the execution of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan...

• Teen in jail for stabbing drunk dad

  The Vellore prison in Tamil Nadu has been home to the 19-year-old Anju, who has perhaps gone through the worst torture. Her own father under the influence of alcohol allegedly tried to rape her on the fateful night of 17th May. When he went out of control - she stabbed him - 4 times over. Due to excess bleeding, the 58-year-old father died. The gir...