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Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Congress protests against Perarivalan’s release, BJP says ‘double standards’ - AG Perarivalan, who was convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, was released by the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
After spending 31 years in jail, AG Perarivalan was released by the Supreme Court on May 18. We take a look at the how the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case unfolded in the last three decades.
He was charged with procuring batteries for the bomb used in the assassination
Perarivalan, a 19-year-old at the time of the May 1991 blast, was accused of providing the batteries that were used to detonate an explosive-laden belt by a suicide bomber
After being released by the Supreme Court, Rajiv Gandhi’s killer, Perarivalan, said that he had just come out after a 31-year legal battle. When asked about his plans for the future, he wanted more time to respond and said that he first wanted to “breathe a bit.”