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India court orders release of convicts in Rajiv Gandhi murder

India court orders release of convicts in Rajiv Gandhi murder

Tamil Tiger rebel group in Sri Lanka believed Gandhi’s death was punishment for India’s involvement in the civil conflict. The killers were first given the death penalty by a trial court in 1998. The Supreme Court has overturned the death sentences of four of the conspirators. The previous prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in … Read more

India’s top court frees Rajiv Gandhi’s killer

The Supreme Court of India has ordered the release of one of the murderers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991. AG Perarivalan spent approximately 30 years in prison. He was sentenced to death in 1998, however his sentence was later reduced. Perarivalan was convicted of getting batteries for the bomb that killed Gandhi … Read more