Guwahati: The Supreme Court ordered on Friday that all six of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case’s defendants should be released early.
The Supreme Court ruled today that Nalini Sriharan and five other defendants serving life sentences in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case should be released.
The Supreme Court noted when ordering their release that the Tamil Nadu government had already recommended their release to the Governor.
Another prisoner, Perarivalan, had been released by the Supreme Court in May.
Along with Nalini, Sriharan, Santhan, Murugan, Robert Payas, and Ravichandran were also imprisoned for the 1991 murder of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The Tamil Tigers LTTE group sent a female suicide bomber to Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991, where she killed Rajiv Gandhi.