Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has appealed to the National Commission for Women (NCW) to urge the Union government to exercise its power under Article 72 of the Constitution and release her, given that she is the longest serving woman prisoner in the country.
She hoped the NCW would spare no efforts in ensuring that she joined her daughter living in the United Kingdom at the earliest.
In her petition, Nalini said she had completed more than 25 years in prison. In all the States, women life convicts were given preference in premature release after completion of 10 or 14 years of imprisonment, she pointed out.
“But she has not been released because of political reasons,” her lawyer P. Pugalenthi said, quoting her. Nalini said she had all along been eligible to be freed under various premature release schemes in the State.
“Unfortunately, I am yet to be released. I have almost lost all hopes of my release from prison,” she said.
