{"id":25011,"date":"2017-08-25T15:58:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T10:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=25011"},"modified":"2017-08-25T15:58:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T10:28:19","slug":"26-years-after-his-arrest-perarivalan-convicted-in-the-rajiv-gandhi-assassination-case-gets-30-day-parole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/26-years-after-his-arrest-perarivalan-convicted-in-the-rajiv-gandhi-assassination-case-gets-30-day-parole\/","title":{"rendered":"26 years after his arrest, Perarivalan, convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, gets 30 day parole"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu welcome Edappadi Palaniswami government\u2019s decision to allow Rajiv\u2019s assassin to walk out of Vellore prison to visit his ailing father, DMK appeals for extension of parole<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>Nearly 26 years after he was arrested and subsequently convicted to a life term for his involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, AG Perarivalan, was released on a 30-day parole,\u00a0on Friday<\/span>, under orders of the Tamil Nadu government, to visit his ailing father.<\/p>\n The development comes after the Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) government held extensive discussions with its law officers for nearly 3 months on the proposal to release Perarivalan on \u2018ordinary leave\u2019. Chief Minister Palaniswami had informed the Tamil Nadu Assembly on\u00a0July 9<\/span>\u00a0that his government had held consultations with the Advocate General about the possibility of granting parole to the life-term convict.<\/p>\n In a letter dated August 24, the TN government\u2019s Additional Chief Secretary (home) Niranjan Mardi, had written to the state\u2019s Deputy Inspector General of Prisons citing the opinion of the Advocate General of Tamil Nadu that with regard to the scope of Rule 22 of Tamil Nadu Suspension of Sentence Rules, 1982, there was no restriction for granting parole to Perarivalan.<\/p>\n Perarivalan\u2019s mother Arputham Ammal had earlier written to the TN government seeking one-month parole for her son. She had claimed that her husband \u2013 74-yearold Gnanasekaran \u2013 was suffering from different ailments and doctors had advised the family that he be taken from Jolarpet to Chennai for further treatment. Perarivalan had moved a similar appeal seeking his release on parole on compassionate grounds and stated that he was required to take his father for treatment to Chennai.<\/p>\n After having rejected several similar petitions filed by Arputham in the past, the EPS government finally obliged, while ordering the state police authorities to ensure that a strong police escort is provided to Perarivalan alias Arivu.<\/p>\n