Gandhi Jayanti: Three convicts released from Madurai Central Prison

MADURAI: Three convicts were released from

Madurai Central Prison

on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhiji’s 150th birth anniversary on Wednesday.

Prisoners K Petchimuthu, 39, from Virudhunagar district, who was awarded one year rigorous for a crime related to burglary, K Thavamani, 32, of Aruppukkottai in Virudhunagar district, who received one-year rigorous imprisonment punishment in a dowry case, and V Balu, 32, of Kottampatti in Madurai district, who received two years rigorous imprisonment in connection with a hurt case, walked free from the prison. Petchimuthu was convicted in December 2018, Thavamani was in January 2019 and Balu in March 2018.