Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts released from jail

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu prison department on Saturday released six convicts in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case from jail.
The department received an e-mail confirmation on the Supreme Court’s verdict releasing the convicts.
Robert Payas and his brother-in-law Jayakumar were released from the Puzhal Central Prison around 5.15 pm. Murugan and Santhan were released from the Vellore Central Prison around 5pm.
Nalini Sriharan, who was on a parole, appeared before the Katpadi police station near Vellore on Saturday and signed on the ledger. Ravichandran, who was on leave, was released from the Madurai Central Prison. Nalini and Ravichandran will have to appear before the respective prisons from where they availed the parole and leave.
Robert Payas, Jayakumar and Santhan will be detained in a special camp for foreign nationals at the Kottapattu in Trichy while others can stay wherever they wish.
A G Perarivalan, another convict in the case, was released in May.