Perarivalan, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has also sent an RTI plea to the Superintendent of Yerawada Prison, Pune, seeking to know the grounds on which Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt obtained premature release from jail. “When there was no reply to the RTI petition, we filed an appeal. The prison authorities wrote back in Hindi saying that the Postal Order worth Rs. 10 enclosed with the petition had been purchased in 2011 and could not be encashed now. Hence, the plea was rejected. We have sent a fresh appeal with a new Postal Order,” K. Sivakumar, counsel for Perarivalan, said. Drawing a parallel between Perarivalan’s case and that of the actor, Mr. Sivakumar said both offences were described as an act of terror and were investigated by the CBI. “While Sanjay Dutt was given the benefit of premature release, the same is being denied to Perarivalan. We want to know whether the Centre’s concurrence was obtained in the actor’s release,” he said.
