{"id":25524718,"date":"2022-05-20T17:06:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T11:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/?p=25524718"},"modified":"2022-07-08T17:22:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T11:52:16","slug":"rajeev-gandhi-assassination-case-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/rajeev-gandhi-assassination-case-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajiv Gandhi Assassination &#8211; Case Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">As you are aware, in a landmark verdict, the supreme court released AG Perarivalan, a convict of the Rajeev Gandhi assassination case, 31 years after his arrest in 1991. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao Justices L Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai, and AS Bopanna invoked its extraordinary power under <a href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/indian-constitution\/\">Article 142<\/a> to deliver \u201ccomplete justice\u201d and to grant relief to Perarivalan instead of referring his remission appeal to the governor.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/yv45\/8wer\"><strong>Attempt GK Mock Test! Download Entri App now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Here\u2019s a timeline of events in the Rajiv Gandhi case;<\/span><\/b> <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">May 21, 1991:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Rajiv Gandhi, the former<a href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/list-of-all-prime-ministers-of-india\/\"> Prime Minister of India<\/a>, was assassinated at Sriperumbudur at 10.20 pm. Dhanu (Thenmozhi Rajarathinam), a female assassin of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), trigged a belt bomb and killed Gandhi and 16 others, around 45 persons were critically injured.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/yv45\/8wer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25500782 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1.png\" alt=\"GK and current affairs\" width=\"345\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1.png 345w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">May 11, 1991: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">A CB-CID squad was constituted to investigate the case.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">May 24, 1991: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">On request of the state government, under the President\u2019s Rule, the investigation was handed over to a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the <a href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/list-of-cbi-directors-of-india\/\">Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)<\/a>.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">June 11, 1991: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">CBI arrests 19-year-old A G Perarivalan, charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/emergency-provisions-in-indian-constitution\/\">Terrorism and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA)<\/a> in Chennai. He was accused of supplying two nine-volt batteries to Sivaraman, later used to trigger the belt bomb that killed Rajiv Gandhi. He was also charged for purchasing a motorcycle in his name but provided the wrong address.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">May 20, 1992: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">SIT submitted the charge sheets for 41 accused, including 12 dead, and three abscondings, before a special TADA trial court in Chennai.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">January 28, 1998: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">After a prolonged trial, the court sentenced the death penalty to Perarivalan and 25 others for their involvement in assassinating Rajiv Gandhi.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">May 11, 1999: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Supreme Court upheld death sentences to the four of seven accused, including Murugan, Shanthan, Perarivalan, and Nalini, and three others commuted to life sentences while acquitting 19 other death convicts.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/yv45\/8wer\"><strong>Attempt GK Mock Test! Download Entri App now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">April 2000:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Nalini&#8217;s death penalty was commuted to life imprisonment by the Tamil Nadu governor based on the proposal proposed by the state cabinet and a public appeal by Sonia Gandhi.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2001:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Three death convicts, including Santhan, Murugan, and Perarivalan, submit mercy petitions to the President of India.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">August 11, 2011: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Prathibha Patil, the <a href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/president-is-elected-by-whom-in-india\/\">president of India<\/a>, rejected their mercy plea after 11 years.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">August 2011:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> The Madras High Court stayed the execution of the three death convicts who were to be hanged on September 9, 2011. Also, the Chief Minister, late J Jayalalitha, passed a resolution seeking the commutation of the death sentence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">February 24, 2013:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Justice K T Thomas, who headed the Supreme Court in 1999, raised the question of &#8216;double jeopardy,&#8217; saying that hanging them after 23 years would be unconstitutional. \u201cThis appears to be a third type of sentence, something which is unheard and constitutionally incorrect. If they are hanged today or tomorrow, they will be subjected to two penalties for one offense,\u201d he said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">November 2013: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Former CBI Special Agent V Thyagarajan, who took Perarivalan&#8217;s confession in TADA custody, says it was changed to qualify as a confession. &#8220;Perarivalan never stated that he knew the battery he bought would be used to make bombs,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">January 21, 2014:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> SC commutes the death penalty of three convicts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/yv45\/8wer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25500782 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1.png\" alt=\"GK and current affairs\" width=\"345\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1.png 345w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2015: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Perarivalan submitted a mercy petition to the governor of Tamilnadu pursuing release under Article 164 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/constitution-day-in-india\/\">Indian constitution<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">August 2017:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> The Tamil Nadu government awards parole to Perarivalan for the first time after his arrest in 1991.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">September 6, 2018: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Due to the Tamil Nadu governor&#8217;s excessive delay, The Supreme Court has claimed that the Governor has the authority to decide on Perarivalan&#8217;s remission petition.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">September 9, 2018: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Tamil Nadu government, led by then-Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy recommended the release of all seven suspects.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">May 2021:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Perarivalan is out on parole. The new DMK government upheld extending the parole.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">March 9, 2022:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> The Supreme Court grants bail to Perarivalan.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">May 11, 2022:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> The Supreme Court concludes the hearing in the case.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">May 18, 2022: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The supreme court released Perarivalan 31 years after his arrest.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/yv45\/8wer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25500782 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1.png\" alt=\"GK and current affairs\" width=\"345\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1.png 345w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blog-banner1-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Conclusion<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The release of A.G. Perarivalan, one of the convicts in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, has turned the limelight on the others convicted in the case. Six other convicts, including Murugan alias Sriharan, Nalini Sriharan, T. Suthenthiraraja alias Santhan, Robert Pious, and Jayakumar, have been serving life imprisonment sentences in prisons in India. The verdict 31 years later is a source of hope for them. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/yv45\/8wer\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Attempt GK and current affairs mock test! 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