Three Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Convicts Deported To Sri Lanka - Watch

Muguran, Robert and Jayakumar - all the three Sri Lankan nationals were staying in the Trichy refugee camp.

NEW DELHI: Three convicts in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case - Muguran, Robert and Jayakumar - were deported to Sri Lanka from Chennai airport on Wednesday. They were among the seven convicts in the case freed by the Supreme Court in November 2022. Post their release, they were lodged in a special camp in Tiruchirappalli. They arrived in Chennai last night and left for Colombo this morning.

The Tamil Nadu government had earlier informed the Madras High Court that they could travel back to their country once the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) issues a deportation order. The Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission earlier issued temporary travel documents to three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

#WATCH | Chennai, Tamil Nadu: Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts- Muguran, Robert and Jayakumar deported to Sri Lanka from Chennai airport this morning.

Murugan, Jayakumar and Robert were staying in the Trichy refugee camp. pic.twitter.com/EZxpFpi1lT

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Ever since the Supreme Court set them free on 11 November 2022, the four freed convicts were taken to a special campus in the Tiruchi Prison premises as they are Lankan nationals. 

After the death of Santhan on 28 February this year, Murugan moved the Court for travel documents from the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai. As per the court orders, the trio was escorted to the Deputy Commission on March 13. 

Three others - Perarivalan, Nalini and Ravichandran - all Indians, were also released following apex court orders earlier. Former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a woman suicide bomber of the banned LTTE in 1991 at nearby Sriperumbudur.