Vellore: Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination life convict Nalini Sriharan has attempted suicide at the Vellore Women’s Prison.
According to sources, following an argument with a fellow inmate, Nalini tried to commit suicide by strangulating herself with a cloth. But her attempt was foiled.
Meanwhile, Nalini’s advocate Pugazhendi has reportedly said Nalini took this extreme step only after a prison warder intervened in the argument between Nalini and another inmate.
Last month, the Madras High Court on Monday ordered notice to the Tamilnadu prison authorities on a plea by Nalini’s mother alleging that her daughter was not allowed to meet her husband Murugan for the past three months ‘in violation’ of rules.
Admitting the petition by S Padma, a division bench of Justices MM Sundresh and D Krishnakumar directed the state prison officials to file their response.
In her petition, Nalini’s mother claimed though the prison manual allowed such meeting once in a fortnight, the authorities did not permit her daughter to meet her husband in the last three months.