'A doubt does arise regarding Chandraswami's complicity and involvement'

By Thirumurugan Gandhi   10 Nov 2011

Posted 07-Nov-2011 Vol 2 Issue 44 Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination cut short the life of a leader who was on the verge of steering his party back to power in the Centre (Photo courtesy: Nakkheeran) Is it fair to hang Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan, when the MDMA formed to probe the larger conspiracy in Rajiv’s assassination is yet to submit its report, argues Thirumurugan Gandhi in a two-part article in The Weekend Leader. You can read the first part of this article here. The Justice Verma Commission, which inquired into the lapses in Rajiv Gandhi’s security, strongly condemned the security and intelligence wings of both the Central and State governments for the serious lapses in the security provided to the former Prime Minister. The buzz at that time was that some of the top intelligence officials had been aware about the plot to kill Rajiv, but for some reason had failed to act on the information. Read More