Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
Details in http://www.spur.asn.au/rajiv.htm
Independent
India’s ninth Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by Thenmuli
Rajaratnam alias Dhanu, a suicide bomber of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE) at Siriperumbudur near Chennai by a conspiracy hatched by Velupillai
Prabhakaran and his intelligence Chief Pottu Amman. The Indian nation remembered
the former Prime Minister who was killed on May 21 1999 by paying rich tributes
in singing “sthothras” at Vir Bhumi the memorial of the departed leader on
the banks of river Yamuna. Gandhi’s Italian born wife and ruling Congress
Chief Sonia and their children parliamentarian Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra
joined Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh, Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
and a host of other politicians like Union Ministers Shivraj Patil, A.K. Antony
and Ajay Maken in offering floral tributes at the memorial. Meanwhile 200
Congress Party youth leaguers of the Karnataka were marching across the states
of Karnataka , Kerala and Tamil Nadu and reaching Siriperumbudur to hold a
memorial for the dead leader, at the place of his assassination. After 16 years
of the killing the two main accused of the murder Velupillai Prabhakaran, the
supremo of the LTTE and Pottuamman, his intelligence chief could not be arrested
by the Indian or Sri Lanka authorities and are still operating the same
insurgency ,which led to the assassination 16 years ago, from the Northern
jungles of Sri Lanka. But many say the irony of the matter is that the LTTE has
staged a come back to Tamil Nadu , once again getting involved in murders and
kidnappings of Indian citizens while procuring arms for them and aiding other
separatist movements in India.
LTTE
Tamil Tiger Terrorists admit the killing of Rajiv Gandhi
Prime Minister of India, Sri
Rajiv Gandhi
On the day Prime Minister
Rajiv Gandhi killed
The bomber, Dhanu, shortly
before the suicide bomb attack.
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SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY Rajiv Gandhi's assassination
(Full report in
Sri Lanka Defence Ministry).
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Let's forget Rajiv; we need your help : Balasingham begs India...(Full
report in Sri Lanka Defence Ministry).
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Rajiv assassination "deeply regretted'': LTTE
(Full
report in Hindu - 28 June 2006).
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LTTE admits killing Rajiv Gandhi
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(Full
report in Financial Review - 28 June 2006).
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We killed Rajiv, confesses LTTE
(Full
report in Times of India - 28 June 2006).
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LTTE admits killing Rajiv Gandhi, apologises to India
(Full
report in Asian Tribune - 28 June 2006).
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Tiger Apologizes for Rajiv Gandhi's Death
(Full
report in The Ledger - 28 June 2006).
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Gandhi killing: LTTE expresses regret (Full
report in Daily News on 28 June 2006).
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LTTE apologises for killing of Rajiv (Full
report in Daily Mirror - 28 June 2006).
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Tigers apologise to India (Full
report in Gulf Times - 28 June 2006).
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Tamil Tiger 'regret' over Gandhi (Full
report in BBC - 28 June 2006).
- Bomb kills India's former leader Rajiv Gandhi
(Full report in BBC)
- Bala
reveals Rajiv - Prabha secret accord - By
D. b. s. jeyaraj
(Sunday Leader : 21 Dec 2003)
- Four Rajiv Gandhi killers
to hang on Nov 5 (Daily News : 16 Oct 1999)
- Hanging of Rajiv
assassins set for November 5 (Indian Express : 16 Oct 1999)
- Penchant for photographic
record nailed LTTE (Rediff : 27 Jan 1998)
- SIT built up a huge bank of
material evidence against LTTE (Rediff : 28 Jan 1998)
- Prabhakaran had Rajiv killed
for being 'anti-Tamil' (Rediff : 28 Jan 1998)
- V
Gopalsamy, three other
witnesses turned hostile (Rediff : 28 Jan 1998)
- 25 LTTE militants committed
suicide during the probe (Rediff : 28 Jan 1998)
- The Rajiv assassination: What
happened, when (Rediff : 28 Jan 1998)
- The Accused (Rediff : 28 Jan
1998)
- Political assassination not new
for LTTE (Rediff : 28 Jan 1998)
- 26 sentenced to death
in Rajiv Gandhi assassination (CNN World News : 28 January 1998)
- 26 sentenced to death for
Rajiv Gandhi's assassination (Rediff : 28 Jan 1998)
- Longest assassination trial
reaches appeals stage (Rediff : 28 Jan 1998)
- Judgment first of its kind in
India's legal histo (Rediff : 28 Jan 1998)
- Diabolic motives,
'inhumaneness' earned 'harsh' verdict (Rediff : 29 Jan 1998)
- CIA-Mossad-LTTE link in
Rajiv Gandhi murder - Jain Commission (Daily News : 18 July 1998)
- Monday, July 13,
1998 Jain `spares' Tamils but says Karunanidhi should've been questioned (Indian Express:
14 July 1998)
- Intelligence
agencies could have "averted national tragedy" (Express India : 12 July 1998)
- Probe
Chandraswami's role in Rajiv case -- Jain report (Indian Express : 11 June 1998)
- Jain `spares'
Tamils but says Karunanidhi should've been questioned (Indian Express : 13 July 1998)
- Foreign
help to LTTE in Rajiv murder plot (Daily News : 4 August 1998)
- LTTE met Rajiv to hide its
plot: judge (Rediff : 29 January 1999)
- Diabolic motives,
'inhumaneness' earned 'harsh' verdict (Rediff : 29 Jan 1999)
- Gandhi plotters
acquitted (BBC South Asia : 11 May 1999)
- Response guarded in Sri Lanka
(Hindu : 12 May 1999)
- Death sentence confirmed for
four (Hindu : 12 May 1999)
- 4 sentenced to death, lifer for 3
in Rajiv assassination case (Hindu NUS : 11 May 1999)
- Gandhi
plotters acquitted (BBC South Asia ; 11 May 1999)
- Response to SC verdict guarded in
Sri Lanka (Hindu NUS : 11 May 1999)
- Death sentence to 4,
life sentence to 3 in Rajiv case (Hindustan Times : 11 may 1999)
- Coincidence of the
month of May in Rajiv assassination case (Hindustan Times : 11 May 1999)
- Cong. demands security for
acquitted in Rajiv case (Hindu NUS : 15 May 1999)
- Rajiv murder case: convicts to
file review petition (Hindu NUS : 14 May 1999)
- Acquitted person
aided in handling funds for killers (Indian Express : 14 May 1999)
- Renganath ready to reveal
assassination details to MDMA (Daily News : 14 May 1999)
- Sri Lankan Army's gesture to
ex-LTTE men (Hindu : 14 May 1999)
- Take steps to nab
LTTE chief, Swamy tells Govt (Hindustan Times : 13 May 1999)
- Rajiv Gandhi
assassination case (Daily News : 13 May 1999)
- Acquitted Lankans
may be shifted to refugee camps (Indian Express : 13 May 1999)
- Acquitted person
to reveal assassination details to MDMA (Indian Express : 13 May 1999)
- LTTE supremo could still be tried in Rajiv case
(Hindustan Times : 13 May 1999)
- Rajiv's killing
not an act of terrorism: SC ( The Times Of India : 13 May 1999)
- Rajiv case: Sri Lankan parties
welcome verdict (Hindu : NUS 12 May 1999)
- Death sentences in Rajiv case
opposed (Hindu NUS : 12 May 1999)
- Death sentence for Rajiv assasins
"fair" : Lanka intelligentsia (Indian Express : 12 May 1999)
- Death rap for four
in Rajiv case upheld (Indian Express : 12 May 1999)
- Death for four LTTEers
(Daily News : 12 May 1999)
- Rajiv
assassination trial verdict today (Island : 12 May 1999)
- Prabakaran,
Pottu Amman not charged (Island : 12 May 1999)
- Four
to hang for Rajiv Gandhi murder (Island : 12 May 1999)
- Response guarded in Sri Lanka
(Hindu : 12 May 1999)
- Death sentence confirmed for
four (Hindu : 12 May 1999)
- Response
guarded in Sri Lanka (The Hindu : 12 May 1999)
- SC to decide fate of 26
accused in Rajiv assassination case tomorrow (Rediff : 10 May 1999)
- 4 sentenced to death, lifer for 3
in Rajiv assassination case (Hindu NUS : 11 May 1999)
- Gandhi
plotters acquitted (BBC South Asia ; 11 May 1999)
- Response to SC verdict guarded in
Sri Lanka (Hindu NUS : 11 May 1999)
- Death sentence to 4,
life sentence to 3 in Rajiv case (Hindustan Times : 11 may 1999)
- Coincidence of the
month of May in Rajiv assassination case (Hindustan Times : 11 May 1999)
- Death rap for 4 in Rajiv
assassination case (Rediff : 11 May 1999)
- '18 people died in the attack.
So why can't 26 convicted hang for it?' (Rediff : 14 May 1999)
- Plea filed for reopening
Rajiv killing probe (Daily News : 22 May 1999)
- Rajiv
appeal rejected (BBC South Asia : 8 Oct 1999)
- Sentences
Upheld in Gandhi Killing (Washington Post : 8 Oct 1999)
- Court Upholds Death
Sentences In Gandhi Killing (ABC News : 8 Oct 1999)
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