Rajiv 'killer' to get MCA degree soon
Nalini, a graduate before she was sentenced to death in the case, brought the human bomb Dhanu and her back-up Subha to the Rajiv meeting at Sriperumbudur.
By TNN |
CHENNAI: With no relief from their prolonged incarceration in sight, three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, including Nalini, her husband Murugan, and AG Perarivalan, have been busy brushing up their academic skills in classrooms inside the jail premises. All three are pursuing their Masters in Computer Applications.
While Nalini, serving a life sentence in the Vellore prison, is closer to reaching her goal, the other two ��� awaiting the gallows and doing their final year in an integrated course ��� will also be proud post-graduates soon.
������Nalini���s home assignment is in the final stage of consolidation. She will soon get her degree,������ said Dr K Panneerselvam , regional director, IGNOU. ������She has performed very well and will be getting a first class. She could well be the first convict to get a post-graduate degree in computer applications,������ he said.
Nalini, a graduate before she was sentenced to death in the case, brought the human bomb Dhanu and her back-up Subha to the Rajiv meeting at Sriperumbudur. Her death sentence was later commuted to life. The mercy pleas of three others, including Nalini���s husband, Sriharan alias Murugan, Perarivalan and MT Santhan have been rejected.
Counsellors tutoring the high-profile prison inmates in the jail premises are impressed with their performance. They rate Murugan, an LTTE member found guilty of colluding with Sivarasan and preparing for Rajiv���s assassination, as being the ���most brilliant��� among their students.
As ones studying in prison, they were clearly at a disadvantage, but the students have nevertheless shone in comparison, they say. Paucity of study materials and little access to libraries and modern software hardly doused their enthusiasm. The news about Nalini���s academic accomplishment comes at a time when AICC leader, Rahul Gandhi is on a whirlwind tour of Tamil Nadu in a bid to make a dent in the Dravidian heartland. There was some speculation that the young Congress leader might meet Nalini, just like his sister, Priyanka Gandhi had done in April 2008.
Priyanka���s meeting with Nalini had kicked up a major controversy. However, at a media interaction in Chennai on Wednesday, Rahul was quick to clarify that he had no such plans, and that the speculation was only a figment of the media���s imagination.
While Nalini, serving a life sentence in the Vellore prison, is closer to reaching her goal, the other two ��� awaiting the gallows and doing their final year in an integrated course ��� will also be proud post-graduates soon.
������Nalini���s home assignment is in the final stage of consolidation. She will soon get her degree,������ said Dr K Panneerselvam , regional director, IGNOU. ������She has performed very well and will be getting a first class. She could well be the first convict to get a post-graduate degree in computer applications,������ he said.
Nalini, a graduate before she was sentenced to death in the case, brought the human bomb Dhanu and her back-up Subha to the Rajiv meeting at Sriperumbudur. Her death sentence was later commuted to life. The mercy pleas of three others, including Nalini���s husband, Sriharan alias Murugan, Perarivalan and MT Santhan have been rejected.
Counsellors tutoring the high-profile prison inmates in the jail premises are impressed with their performance. They rate Murugan, an LTTE member found guilty of colluding with Sivarasan and preparing for Rajiv���s assassination, as being the ���most brilliant��� among their students.
As ones studying in prison, they were clearly at a disadvantage, but the students have nevertheless shone in comparison, they say. Paucity of study materials and little access to libraries and modern software hardly doused their enthusiasm. The news about Nalini���s academic accomplishment comes at a time when AICC leader, Rahul Gandhi is on a whirlwind tour of Tamil Nadu in a bid to make a dent in the Dravidian heartland. There was some speculation that the young Congress leader might meet Nalini, just like his sister, Priyanka Gandhi had done in April 2008.
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Priyanka���s meeting with Nalini had kicked up a major controversy. However, at a media interaction in Chennai on Wednesday, Rahul was quick to clarify that he had no such plans, and that the speculation was only a figment of the media���s imagination.
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