Trichy: Discharged Prisoners Aid Society of Trichy on Tuesday distributed 10,000 each to 17 life convicts released prematurely on the occasion of birth centenary celebration of former Tamil Nadu chief minister MGR in 2018. The senior officials from the prison department handed over the cheques to the released prisoners at a function held in the city on Tuesday. All of them were male prisoners. Many beneficiaries turned up to the event with their spouses and collected the financial assistance with gratitude.
“Even though the jail term for me in a murder case was like a bad dream, I spent my 14 years in the jail without bringing any disrepute to the prison. The money was a big relief to me as I am struggling to make ends meet with a meagre income from 100-days work,” said V Periyasamy, 65, from South Thethur near Thuvarankurichi in Trichy district who was sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case in 1997.
The life of A Saravanan, 42, from Mettu Mahadanapuram in Karur district was yet to begin as he had planned for his marriage next year. “My financial position is down nowadays due to low income from agriculture. The money from the society is of great help,” Saravanan told TOI. He spent 10 years in the prison in a murder case.
Regional probation officer in the prison department M Manimaran and few other probationary officers recommended for the financial assistance to a total of 67 prisoners out of 244 prisoners released from the central prison in Trichy to mark the birth centenary celebration of MGR in 2018. “They were given 1,000 at the time of the release. To help them further, we have chosen the needy prisoners and recommended assistance. The financial assistance is being given for the livelihood of the released convicts,” said Manimaran.
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