Rajiv Gandhi assassination: How plot was hatched and executed by LTTE
Rajiv Gandhi assassination: How plot was hatched and executed by LTTE Determined to prevent Rajiv Gandhi from returning to power fearing the reinduction of the IPKF, the LTTE supremo Pirabhakaran ordered the killing of Rajiv at a meeting held in Jaffna in October 1990. An exclusive investigation on the people involved and how the plot was hatched and executed. ANIRUDHYA MITRA July 15, 1991 ISSUE DATE: July 15, 1991UPDATED: May 21, 2018 14:03 IST Men carry a portrait of slain former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Sriperambatur, on the outskirts of Chennai. (Photo: Reuters) One month after the brutal assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, the crack special investigation team (SIT) has managed to edge considerably closer to unravelling the complex plot behind the shocking crime that stunned the nation. The exhaustive investigation process and interrogation of key suspects picked up so far have established that the plot to kill Rajiv Gan...