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Nalini Sriharan, Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict, attempts suicide in jail, lawyer suspects foul play

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Amid reports of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case life-convict Nalini Sriharan’s suicide attempt at Vellore Special Prison for Women, her advocate Pugalendhi told WION that the preliminary information was not convincing enough to believe that Nalini tried to commit suicide. “Nalini is a fighter and has endured so much in her 29-year incarceration, I doubt if the reasons stated by officials would lead her to take such an extreme step. She has never done anything of this kind during her nearly 3-decade jail term. Perhaps, there is more to it than meets the eye,” Pugalendhi said.

Pugalendhi said that he received a call at the intervening night of July 20-21 and was informed that Nalini had attempted suicide at Vellore Special Prison for Women. According to Pugalendhi, the jail officials told him that Nalini and another life-convict had a misunderstanding, which later aggravated. Pugalendhi added that the life-convict complained to the jailer about her quarrel with Nalini.

Apparently, the jailer had conducted an enquiry with Nalini at around 8:30pm, after which a disturbed Nalini attempted suicide. While some versions stated that Nalini threatened to take the extreme step, others say that she had attempted suicide by using a cloth.