[2] At least 14 others, in addition to Rajiv Gandhi, were killed. Gandhi also defended the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka accord in the same interview. Premier Research is attending the #DIA in Basel this week !!! Nalini was treated as a class 'A' convict from 10 September 1999 till the privilege was withdrawn in May 2010 after a mobile phone was allegedly recovered from her cell during a surprise check. [1], Apart from the suicide bomber Kalaivani Rajaratnam, several people were killed in the blast on 21 May 1991:[1][10][11], Around forty-three bystanders including police sub-inspector Anushiya Daisy were also injured in the explosion.[13]. The Supreme Court held that the decision to eliminate Gandhi was precipitated by his interview to Sunday magazine (2128 August 1990), where he stated that he would send the IPKF to disarm the LTTE if he returned to power. "They are not cannon fodder just being thrown away," Robert Pape, the director of the University of Chicago centre, says of such female bombers. [15], Following his assassination, Rajiv Gandhi's mutilated body was airlifted to NewDelhi. Upon appeal, the death sentence of only four of the twenty . [21], "LTTE and Punjab ultras spoke of a plan to assassinate Rajiv. "Where words leave off, music begins!". On 21 May, after campaigning in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, his next stop was Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. [37] The execution of the three convicts was scheduled for 9 September 2011. 14 others were also killed in the south Indian town of Sriperumbudur near Chennai. Gandhi, his assassin and 14 others were killed in the explosion that followed, along with 43 others who were grievously injured. The assassination was caught on film by a local photographer, Haribabu,[9] whose camera and film was found intact at the site despite him also dying in the blast. It was DNA evidence that established the identity of Thenmozhi Rajaratnam who had detonated the bomb that killed ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi and 15 others in 1991. Gandhi has only seconds to live as the suicide bomber Thenmozhi Rajaratnam approaches him while he engages local people in conversation at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu State. [34] Confessions given by the accused to the Superintendent of Police are taken as evidence against the accused under TADA. [29][30] This created a storm in India. Indeed, time and again, the female terrorists in these struggles appear highly motivated. Terms of Use | However, the MadrasHighCourt intervened and stayed their execution for eight weeks based on their petitions. Globally, the particular circumstances that lead terrorist movements to take up suicide bombings are well known. It is the 29th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who was assassinated in a suicide bomb attack at Sriperumbudur, Chennai on May 21, 1991. The letter further said the following:[52], "We were made to vacate Ambattur. (@ D.NO.1151 of 1998)", "Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: tracing the trial", "Legal luminaries divided on death verdict in Rajiv assassination case", India: The Prevention of Terrorism Bill. HarithraMurugan,daughterofNaliniSriharanandMuruganinterview, LessonsLearntandReconciliationCommission, Kalaivani Rajaratnam (popularly known by her assumed names Thenmozhi Rajaratnam and Dhanu), Shivarasan alias Raghuvaran or Raghu-anna, Planning and executing the plot of the assassination, Standby to accompany the human bomb she was also the back-up bomber, K.S Mohammed Iqbal, police superintendent, Latha Kannan, Mahila Congress worker, who was with her daughter Kokilavani, Kokilavani, ten-year-old daughter of Latha Kannan, who sang a poem to, Darryl Jude Peters, attendee and observer, Munuswamy, former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council, Saroja Devi, seventeen-year-old college student, Pradeep K Gupta, personal security officer of Rajiv Gandhi. Easy. On 21 May, after campaigning in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, his next stop was Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. The report concluded that the DMK had provided sanctuary to the LTTE, which made it easier for the rebels to assassinate Rajiv Gandhi.[20]. Marital status of Thenmozhi at the time of her death, is not known to the general public. Gandhi also defended the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka accord in the same interview. [29][30] This created a storm in India. The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, occurred as a result of a suicide bombing in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, India on 21 May 1991. The bomber bent down to touch the former PM's feet during a poll rally and detonated an RDX explosive-laden belt tucked below her dress at 10.10 pm. [1] He allegedly was described as Velupillai Prabhakaran 's mentor; and he played a vital role in moulding the LTTE chief's thinking during the movement's formative years between 1972 and 1975. S Nalini Sriharan is the lone surviving member of the five-member squad behind the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and is serving life imprisonment. She argued that even life convicts were released after 14 years. [1] He allegedly was described as VelupillaiPrabhakaran's mentor; and he played a vital role in moulding the LTTE chief's thinking during the movement's formative years between 1972 and 1975. Evidence was gathered from charred flesh and bones found at the site of the explosion. The agency created a special investigation team under D.R.Karthikeyan[18] to determine who was responsible for the assassination.
