By Cherryl Malar
An old rusting watchtower sticks out of a compound in one end of Poonamallee.
Recent residents may not be aware that this tower is inside a campus of the Poonamallee sub-jail.
This jail was used to accommodate all the accused in the infamous Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
At the end of the trial and verdict, the inmates were moved out to other jails and this camp was converted into a Sri Lankan Tamil refugees camp.
Later, the camp was closed down and now, the campus is a lonely place, closed in by apartments, shops and houses.
1 comment:
Wonder if the place can't be equipped with rudimentary seating arrangement, a pair of binoculars, fitted on a stand, for committed bird-watchers. A coin-operated coffee kiosk, with adequate supply of paper-cup, would complete the setting.
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