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Nalini,a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case,will move the Madras High Court challenging Tamil Nadu governments decision rejecting her request for premature release.
Nalini,24,conveyed her decision to her lawyer P Pugazhendhi,who met her at the high security womens special prison at Vellore on Tuesday evening.
Pugazhendhi,who was the first to meet Nalini after the governments rejection of her plea,said she was shocked to hear about the decision,which was conveyed to the court on Monday through Advocate General P S Raman.
The lawyer claimed that though the Prison Advisory Board (PAB) committee members,who considered her premature release request,had given a report in her favour,the government has gone by a report of the Royapetta Police Station,which had anticipated law and order problem in the area if she was freed.
Though Nalinis mother and brother were staying in the area for over a decade,there was no law and order problem,he said,adding that Nalini felt that it was wrong on the part of the government to totally rely on the inspectors report to reject her request.
