Vellore (TN): Jail authorities at the high
security Vellore prison on Tuesday said they have recovered a
cellphone from Nalini, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi
assassination case, during a "routine check".
"A routine check was conducted this morning under jail
Superintendent Rajalakshmi and officials recovered the mobile
phone from Nalini," Director General (Prisons) ADGP K R
Shyamsunder said.
The phone was "active" at the time when it was being
recovered and authorities are going into the details of call
records, he said.
After further investigation jail authorities would decide
on action against her with regard to "violation of prison
rules", Shyamsunder said.
Nalini, serving a life term in the high-security special
prison at Vellore, had recently appealed in the Madras High
Court seeking premature release which the court had declined
on different grounds including gravity of the crime.
A division bench of the Madras High court had rejected
her petition on April 6 observing that the 44-year-old Nalini
had committed the crime in a cunning and meticulous manner
which killed the former prime minister in Sriperumbudur in
Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991.
PTI
