Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Centre rejects TN govt's plea to release seven convicts
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS): The central government on Friday rejected the Tamil Nadu government's plea to release seven convicts in the assassination case of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, media report said.
The Centre also told the Supreme Court about its decision.
The Centre told the SC that the release of the convicts will set a very "dangerous precedent", The Times Of India reported.
The central government's report came after the top court had directed it to take a call on Tamil Nadu government's plea to release the convicts.
Gandhi, who remained the Prime Minister between 1984 and 1989, was assassinated during an election campaign in Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu, on May 21, 1991. He was killed as a result of suicide bombing.
At least 14 other people were killed in the suicide bombing.
The convicts are in jail for last 27 years.
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