Chennai, Feb 19: The convicts within the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case would be freed, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa aforesaid Wed.
Announcing the government’s call within the assembly, Jayalalithaa aforesaid the govt. would unleash V.Sriharan alias Murugan, A.G. Perarivalan alias Arivu, T. Suthendraraja alias Santhan, Nalini, Robert Payas, Jayakumar and Ravichandran.
All the seven are convicts within the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
The Supreme Court Tuesday commuted the death sentence to Murugan, Perarivalan, and Santhan citing the inordinate delay choose their mercy petitions.
The decision was taken within the cabinet meeting control Wed.
She aforesaid the state government’s call are sent to the centre. If it doesn’t respond among 3 days, the state government would release all the seven convicts.
Gandhi was killed in may 1991. The conspirators were convicted by a TADA court in Jan 1998 and were awarded death sentence, that was confirmed by the apex court may 11, 1999.
