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Request To Free Rajiv Gandhi's Assassins Not Sent To Centre: Governor

India News | Reported By J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited By Jimmy Jacob | Saturday September 15, 2018

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit today denied media reports that he had forwarded to the Union Home Ministry a State Government recommendation that all the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination be released.

Don't Free Rajiv Gandhi's Assassins, Say Families Of 14 Killed In Blast

India News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Thursday September 13, 2018

The families of 14 people who died in the suicide attack that killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 have objected to the Tamil Nadu cabinet's recommendation to release seven life convicts who have served 27 years in jail.

CBI, Accused Of Gaps In Probe By Rajiv Gandhi Killer, Blames Sri Lankans

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday January 24, 2018

A convict who has spent 26 years in jail for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi has requested the Supreme Court to reopen the case and cancel his conviction. This, after the CBI said in court today that it could not properly investigate the bomb that killed the former prime minister because it "got no help from Sri Lanka" in establishing the origin ...

Rajiv Gandhi Assassin Nalini's Plea For Release Rejected By Tamil Nadu Government

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 16, 2017

The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday informed the Madras High Court that it cannot entertain a plea of Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking premature release as a similar case was pending before the apex court.

'I Want A Mercy Killing', Convict In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Appeals To Government

India News | Written by Smitha T K | Wednesday June 21, 2017

Robert Payas, one of the seven convicts serving a life term for former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, has asked the Tamil Nadu government to kill him. In an appeal to the state, Payas said he did not have any hopes of getting released and appealed for a "mercy killing".

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination: Mother Of Convict Seeks Release

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday January 7, 2016

The mother of one of the convicts in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination on Wednesday petitioned Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for her son's release.

'Life Sentence Like Slow Poison': Supreme Court on Rajiv Gandhi Killers

India News | Written by A Vaidyanathan | Thursday July 23, 2015

A life sentence is like slow poison and a convict sentenced to life in jail must suffer and understand the pain of the victims, a five-judge Constitution bench hearing a case linked to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassins today said.

Sonia Gandhi Felt LTTE had 'Mole' in 10 Janpath: Former Home Secretary

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday August 8, 2014

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam or the LTTE had a 'mole' in 10 Janpath, and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination was part of a conspiracy "hatched by several influential people in faraway places", says former home secretary RD Pradhan.

Why arch rivals AIADMK and DMK agree to release Rajiv Gandhi's assassins

South | J Sam Daniel Stalin | Friday February 21, 2014

It's not often that the AIADMK and the DMK see eye to eye on issues, but when it comes to freeing the killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi both seem to be speaking as one.

Harithra Sriharan, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi's assassins, seeks forgiveness from Rahul

India News | J Sam Daniel | Thursday February 20, 2014

Harithra Sriharan, the 22-year-old daughter of Murugan and Nalini, who were convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has sought forgiveness from the former prime minister's son Rahul.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Supreme Court verdict on convicts' plea today

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 18, 2014

The fate of three death row convicts in former PM Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case will be sealed today when the Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on their plea for commutation of their sentence to life imprisonment on ground of delay in deciding their mercy plea.

Sonia Gandhi, Narasimha Rao had strained relations, says Congress minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 16, 2014

Sonia Gandhi and late Congress leader PV Narasimha Rao had strained relations when he was the Prime Minister as she was unhappy over the slow pace of progress in the probe into her husband Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, says a book written by a union minister.

Rajiv Gandhi's assassins don't deserve mercy, says government in court

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday February 4, 2014

The death sentences of three men convicted for the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi should not be commuted to life in prison, the government argued in the Supreme Court today.

Madras Cafe not based on Rajiv Gandhi: Shoojit Sircar

Alpan Saxena | Tuesday August 20, 2013

Director Shoojit Sircar clarifies that the film's story is not a biopic on the former prime minister.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Madras High Court stays convicts' execution for eight weeks

India News | Sam Daniel | Tuesday August 30, 2011

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: After the political controversy over the hanging of Rajiv Gandhi's assassins comes a legal one. The Madras High Court today suspended the execution, scheduled for September 9, by eight weeks.