Harithra Murugan, daughter of Nalini Sriharan and Murugan says, from conversations with her father, she knows that her parents are innocent. She has appealed to Sonia Gandhi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa against the death sentence of her father. Nalini Sriharan's death sentence was commuted to life at the behest of Ms Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi's widow in 2000.