S Nalini, a convict in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has petitioned the Madras High Court, requesting that the federal and state governments grant her husband Murugan permission to appear in person for an interview in order to obtain a passport so that he can move to the UK and live with his daughter.
Nalini stated in the petition she filed in this regard that although the Supreme Court had freed all seven of the accused, her husband Murugan, a Sri Lankan national, had been detained in a special camp in Trichy. On November 12, 2022, Nalini and Murugan were released from custody as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling.

She stated that she and her husband had applied for passports to travel to all countries because they wanted to live with their London-based daughter. They were contacted for an interview on January 30, 2024.

She stated that although her husband was called by the Sri Lankan Consulate, he was unable to attend the interview.

She stated in the petition that she wants to be with her daughter before anything happens to her husband, since two people have already passed away in a month as a result of the poor conditions in the camp.

In order to enable her husband to travel to the Sri Lankan Consulate in Chennai for the interview, she has asked both the central and state governments for permission.

One of the six convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Nalini Sriharan, told ANI, “I am thankful to the people of Tamil Nadu who supported me for the last 32 years.” She was released in November 2022.

Following an order from the Supreme Court, Nalini, the nation’s longest-serving woman prisoner serving a life sentence, was released from the Vellore jail, freeing all six convicts in the case, including Nalini Sriharan and RP Ravichandran.