Perarivalan returns to prison after putting on weight during his 60-day stay at home
Shanmughasundaram J| TNN | Oct 24, 2017, 19:13 IST
Shanmughasundaram J| TNN | Oct 24, 2017, 19:13 IST
A team of police personnel escorted Perarivalan from his house to the central prison.
VELLORE: A G Perarivalan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, returned to the Vellore Central Prison for Men on Tuesday after spending 60 days at his home in Jolarpet.
A team of police personnel escorted Perarivalan from his house to the central prison. He was lodged in the high-risk prisoners' cell around 5pm after completing formalities.
"He is looking brisk. He has put on weight. He is very happy that he could spend so many days with his family," said a senior officer in the prison.
The Tamil Nadu government had granted 30 days ordinary leave to Perarivalan from August 24 on compassionate grounds, citing the health condition his father and pleas of his mother Arputham.
During the first spell of his ordinary leave, hundreds of friends, relatives, neighbours and politicians visited him on a daily basis since there was no restriction on meeting anyone. VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan had called on Perarivalan and gifted him a guitar.
The government extended the ordinary leave by 30 days from September 24 following a petition from Arputham. However, the government laid down rules, restricting him from meeting anyone except his family members.
Arputham had appealed for the second time to the chief minister to extend the ordinary leave granted to him by another 30 days to help the family members regain their health. She registered posted the petition on October 17. However, the government did not respond. Hence, he returned to the prison as per the condition laid down before granting the parole.
VELLORE: A G Perarivalan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, returned to the Vellore Central Prison for Men on Tuesday after spending 60 days at his home in Jolarpet.
A team of police personnel escorted Perarivalan from his house to the central prison. He was lodged in the high-risk prisoners' cell around 5pm after completing formalities.
"He is looking brisk. He has put on weight. He is very happy that he could spend so many days with his family," said a senior officer in the prison.
The Tamil Nadu government had granted 30 days ordinary leave to Perarivalan from August 24 on compassionate grounds, citing the health condition his father and pleas of his mother Arputham.
During the first spell of his ordinary leave, hundreds of friends, relatives, neighbours and politicians visited him on a daily basis since there was no restriction on meeting anyone. VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan had called on Perarivalan and gifted him a guitar.
The government extended the ordinary leave by 30 days from September 24 following a petition from Arputham. However, the government laid down rules, restricting him from meeting anyone except his family members.
Arputham had appealed for the second time to the chief minister to extend the ordinary leave granted to him by another 30 days to help the family members regain their health. She registered posted the petition on October 17. However, the government did not respond. Hence, he returned to the prison as per the condition laid down before granting the parole.
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