Chennai: Rajiv Gandhi's assassin Nalini Sriharan, who has been jailed for over 25 years on last day thanked Congress President Rahul Gandhi for saying that he has forgiven his father's killers and has no objection to their release.
The Tamil Nadu government has already hinted that it stands for the release of all seven convicts in the assassination case after the Supreme Court asked the state Governor to consider the mercy petition of AG Perarivalan, another convict in the case.
The centre, however told the apex court that remission of their sentence will set a dangerous precedent and have international ramifications.
