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Petitioner seeks probe against jail official for giving “false information”

Special Correspondent

Jail Superintendent is liable to be proceeded against under the Right to Information Act

CHENNAI: With the Vellore Prison authorities stating that no one had met Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, on March 19, the applicant who sought details about the meeting has now moved the State Information Commission (SIC) seeking an enquiry against the jail superintendent for providing “false information.”

Secret meeting

In his petition before the SIC, Raj Kumar of Annanagar East said since the meeting between Priyanka, daughter of the former Prime Minister, and Nalini was kept secret by the persons concerned, he petitioned the Superintendent of the Special Prison for Women, Vellore, where Nalini is lodged, under the Right to Information Act (RTI) seeking details about the meeting.

Mr. Raj Kumar said the prison Superintendent had sent a reply that no person visited Nalini either on March 14 or March 19.

He said the jail official had furnished false information with an ulterior motive.

Priyanka herself had confirmed her meeting with Nalini at the Special Prison on March 19. It was clear that the jail authorities had wantonly furnished false information.

It seemed the jail superintendent had not made any entry in the prison records as required under the Prison Rules about the meeting.

For providing wrong information, the jail superintendent is liable to be proceeded against under the RTI, the petitioner said.

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