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FASTING FOR RELEASE: Nalini's death sentence was commuted to life in the year 2000.

FASTING FOR RELEASE: Nalini

Rajiv Gandhi assassin begins fast to demand release

Rajiv Gandhi's assassin, Nalini Sriharan, has started what she calls a fast unto death inside the Vellore jail. She's demanding the reconstitution of an advisory board that recommends the early release of life convicts. The Madras High Court had asked the Government to reconstitute the board after Nalini filed a petition in 2008, but since then matter has had several legal tangles.

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