The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday wrote to the Centre informing them about its decision to release the seven convicted for the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
In a letter, State Chief Secretary K Gnanadesikan said the state government has received petitions from the convicts, requesting their release since they had spent more than 20 years in prison.
The convicts are V Sriharan alias Murugan, T Suthendraraja alias Santhan, AG Perarivalan alias Arivu, Jayakumar, Robert Payas, Ravichandran and Nalini.
Earlier, Nalini's death sentence was commuted following the intervention of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, also the wife of Rajiv Gandhi, after Nalini delivered a baby in prison.
Except the Congress and the BJP, all political parties in the state demand release of these seven convicts.
DMK Chief Karunanidhi has appealed to the central government to facilitate the release all seven convicts.
Rajiv Gandhi was killed while campaigning in Tamil Nadu by a suicide bomber from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the separatist rebel group from neighbouring Sri Lanka.
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