The central government moved to the Supreme Court after the apex court ordered the early release of six convicts, namely...

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The central government moved to the Supreme Court after the apex court ordered the early release of six convicts, namely...

Digital Desk: The Centre has asked the Supreme Court to review the premature release of six prisoners in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

The central government moved to the Supreme Court after the apex court ordered the early release of six convicts, namely Nalini Sriharan, RP Ravichandran, Sriharan, Santhan, Murugan, and Robert Payas, on November 11. It should be noted that the assassin was hosted by Nalini Sriharan.

The Centre filed its petition, claiming that the judgement granting the convicts' remission was issued without providing it with an appropriate opportunity for hearing, despite the fact that it was an essential party in the case.

Notably, the six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were all given life sentences and had already served more than 20 years behind bars.

The release of the prisoners provoked a furious response from Congress. It's interesting to note that the Congress ally DMK has long pushed for the prisoners' release.

After being released from prison, Nalini, the wife of V Sriharan alias Murugan, declared that her unshakable belief that she is innocent has kept her alive all these years.

"Otherwise, I would have ended my life. Do you think I have murdered the former Prime Minister? Seventeen murder cases have been framed against me," Nalini said in her first reaction to the media after stepping out of the special prison in Vellore.

Another inmate, A G Perarivalan, was released in May. A Supreme Court bench led by Justice L Nageswara Rao, with Justice B R Gavai as a member, had used its extraordinary power under Article 142 of the Constitution to order the release of Perarivalan, who had served more than 30 years in prison in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on the night of May 21, 1991, at an electoral rally in Tamil Nadu's Sriperumbudur by a female suicide bomber. Dhanu was identified as the attacker. Fourteen others, including Dhanu herself, were also killed in the powerful blast.