Mobile Phone Recovered from Nalini in Vellore Prison during Routine Check
During a routine check, a mobile phone has been recovered from Nalini, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reported PTI quoting jail authorities at the high security Vellore prison.
“A routine check was conducted this morning under jail Superintendent Rajalakshmi and officials recovered the mobile phone from Nalini,” Director General (Prisons) ADGP K R Shyamsunder was quoted as saying.
He said that at the time of recovery, the cell was ‘active’ and authorities were digging into details of call records, said report.
He said that jail authorities would take a decision regarding action against Nalini for ‘violation of prison rules’ after further investigation, report said.
Nalini, serving a life term in the high-security special prison at Vellore, had recently appealed in the Madras High Court seeking premature release which the court had declined on different grounds including gravity of the crime.
