Madras High Court adjourns Rajiv Gandhi killer Murugan's plea to meet mother from Sri Lanka

The Madras High Court yesterday adjourned a plea of V Sriharan alias Murugan, one of the seven life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Indian media reported.

Seeking permission to meet his mother in prison Murgan had sought permission to meet his mother, who arrived from Sri Lanka DNA India reported.

A vacation bench of Justices R Mahadevan and M Govindaraj refused to entertain and adjourned the petition of Murugan, after summer vacation.

When the matter came up, Additional Public Prosecutor Govindaraj said permission cannot be given to the prisoner as he was caught using the mobile phone inside the prison recently.

The petitioner submitted that as a punishment for his misconduct, the Superintendent of Central Prison Vellore, as per the prison manual, had withdrawn the privilege of meeting even his wife Nalini, another life convict in the case, for about 30 minutes for every 15 days and any visitors for three months.

 He sought a court direction to the authorities to consider his plea and permit him to meet his mother, whose visa is due to expire by the end of this month, on any date between May 22 and 27