Akshaya Nath
December 14, 2017
AG Perarivalan, a life convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has been shifted to Puzhal prison in Chennai due to severe health issues. He was shifted from the Vellore Central Prison to facilitate treatment at Rajiv Gandhi government general hospital. Perarivalan was referred to the Government General hospital by the Vellore Medical College, where he was undergoing a treatment.
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Perarivalan is said to be suffering from hypertension, urological and orthopaedic issues. He, along with his family, had been pleading for medical attention since a long time. In 2015, Perarivalan underwent a treatment at Government general hospital. After the treatment, he will be transferred back to the Vellore prison.
Perarivalan was taken into custody in 1991, and was given death sentence in May 1999. But, later in June 2014, Supreme Court converted his death penalty to life time imprisonment. Perarivalan's mother Arputhammal has been pleading for his release stating that Perarivalan is innocent and never knew of a plan to assassinate the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rajiv-gandhi-assasination-ag-perarivalan-puzhal-prison-chennai-1107145-2017-12-14 (Accessed 23 December 2018)
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