Vellore: Nalini, who has been serving a life sentence in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has launched a hunger strike demanding the release of her husband, and herself, both have been in jail for 28 years. On Saturday morning breakfast was rejected by her. Nalini had filed several pleas with the state government demanding her release. Nalini was granted parole for her daughter’s wedding months ago. Nalini returned to Vellore jail on September 16 after completing a 51-day parole period.
In 2016, she was granted a 12-hour parole to attend the funeral of her father.
Nalini and six other people were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. In May 1991, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber during an election rally in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.
