A lot of celebrities have been urging the government to release AG Perarivalan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Now, it is the turn of popular actor Vijay Sethupathi to place before Tamil Nadu Governor, Banwarilal Purohit, an emotional plea to release Perarivalan. View the video below.
Though Perarivalan was convicted in 1991 for having provided two nine-volt batteries that were used in the bomb that killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, it was established later that he only merely procured the batteries and had no knowledge of the conspiracy or the purpose for which the batteries would be used for.
His aged mother Arputhammal has spent close to 30 years, trying to secure a release for her son. “In recent times my mental agony has only grown manifold. My son has serious health issues and is at severe risk of Covid-19. Just two days prior to his coming home on parole, his father fell down and his hip was badly damaged, leaving him bedridden. My son is ill he and can’t get necessary treatment in jail and my husband is immobile. It’s really necessary that our son remains with us at this difficult time,” she was quoted as saying in an earlier appeal.
“How long are we going to be alive…? we want our son during our final years… Please ensure that my son doesn’t go back to jail, Chief Minister,” she was quoted as saying further.