Chennai. Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Nalini Sriharan approached the Madras High Court on Thursday. She filed a petition requesting that her husband be allowed to appear before the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in India for the purpose of obtaining a passport to leave the country. Nalini’s husband Sriharan alias Murugan was also convicted in this case. Murugan, a Sri Lankan national, has been kept in a special camp in Tiruchirappalli after the Supreme Court ordered the release of all seven convicts in the case in November 2022.
Nalini requested the court to issue directions to the concerned authorities as the court had earlier allowed Murugan to appear before the Consulate office here. The defendants included the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO), Chennai, Tamil Nadu State and the Tiruchirappalli District Magistrate. Hearing the petition, a division bench of Justice M S Ramesh and Justice Sundar Mohan directed the registry to place the matter before the Chief Justice for listing before another bench for hearing.
In her petition, Nalini, an Indian citizen, said that she and Murugan wanted to join their daughter living in Britain and she had appeared before the concerned authorities for a UK visa. The petition said that he made several requests to the respondents to allow Murugan to attend the visa interview, but the respondents did not allow him. Murugan later moved the court which granted him relief and said that he should be provided necessary security.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 7, 2024, 21:20 IST