Congress called the Supreme Court's decision "absolutely unacceptable" and completely erroneous...
Digital Desk: The Congress is set to submit a new review petition to the Supreme Court, questioning the decision to release six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. According to a senior Congress leader, the petition will be submitted within the next 3–4 days.
Congress called the Supreme Court's decision "absolutely unacceptable" and "completely erroneous." It further said that the criminals had been freed from prison but had not been acquitted and should not be regarded as "heroes."
On November 11, the Supreme Court ordered the release of six convicts, including Nalini Sriharan and RP Ravichandran. This came just months after the Supreme Court granted bail to convicted criminal AG Perarivalan on May 18. The court then used its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the constitution to release him on the grounds of bad health and good behaviour. The SC's justification for releasing six convicts was similar to that used for Perarivalan's release.
Santhan, RP Ravichandran, Robert Payas, Nalini Sriharan, Murugan alias Sriharan, Perarivalan, Nalini Sriharan, and S. Jayakumar were arrested in 1991. Four of them, including Nalini's husband Sriharan, are Sri Lankan natives.
On May 21, 1991, during the Lok Sabha election campaign, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in Tamil Nadu's Sriperumbudur by a woman suicide bomber of Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The assassination was widely regarded as a horrific consequence of his decision to send over 1,000 Indian troops to the island nation in 1987 to disarm Tamil insurgents.
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