VELLORE: A G Perarivalan (alias) Arivu, one of the life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, is hoping that the Supreme Court will set him free on medical grounds.
He has been suffering from hypertension since 1996, and has been in and out of the Vellore Central Prison in the last few years for treatment. His medical reports show that he has a spinal bulge that makes it difficult for him to bend and prevents him from lifting heavy objects, a urinary tract infection and high blood pressure.
The Central government had approached the Supreme Court objecting to the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to release seven life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case — including Nalini Sriharan, Sriharan alias Murugan, Santhan, Perarivalan, Robert Payas, P Ravichandran and Jayakumar alias Jayakumaran. The apex court, after hearing the arguments, has reserved its judgment.
“The State government has strongly put forth the health status of Perarivalan before the Supreme Court for consideration of his remission,” said K Siva Kumar, another advocate. While many are keeping their fingers crossed about the verdict, Perarivalan sounded confident in the letter, which he concluded by saying that he would meet this correspondent after stepping out of prison as a free man.
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