CHENNAI: AG Perarivalan, serving a life sentence in Vellore jail in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has been granted a 30-day parole for the treatment of his father. According to a letter from Niranjan Mardi, Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, to the Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, Vellore, he was granted parole on the condition that he “should be provided with strong police escort during the period of leave.”
“We will fully believe it only after he actually comes out. A year back, they said he would be released and we were happy beyond words. But it never happened. This time we are more cautious; but we can’t help but be excited about the possibility,” said Perarivalan’s elder sister, Anbumani, who works as an assistant engineer in the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Krishnagiri.