NEW DELHI: Convicted Rajiv Gandhi assassin Nalini Sriharan, who is serving a life sentence in the Vellore Central Jail, has accused prison authorities of keeping her in isolation in violation of norms laid down in the prison manual.
"Prison manual rules regarding rights of prisoners are being violated by jail authorities in the Vellore Central Prison while dealing with Nalini," P Pugalenthi, her counsel in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, told PTI after visiting her in the jail on Saturday.
According to Pugalenthi, Nalini has been prevented from communicating with the outside world and even her lawyer.
Reading out form the three-page complaint made by her to the IG of Prisons requesting to be shifted to Puzhal jail, Pugalenthi said, "All the prisoners have been prevented from moving around near my cell. Neither the prison staff nor the prisoners are allowed to talk to me. I am being treated like a person with contagious disease".
According to him, Nalini had sent more than eight complaints against the prison administration alleging that jail officials are stifling the voice of prisoners who too have fundamental rights guaranteed under the Indian Constitution.
