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Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Convict's mother meets TN Governor, seeks release of her son

Last year Justice Thomas wrote to then Congress President Sonia Gandhi to show magnanimity towards her husband's killers and enable remission of their sentences.

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Arputhammal, mother of AG Perarivalan, a life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, on Monday called on Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit and requested him to respond positively to the state cabinet's recommendation to release his son in the case.

After her meeting with the Governor at Raj Bhavan, she told reporters that she presented a petition with some accompanying material to Governor. Arputhammal exuded confidence that Purohit would accept her demand.

The material she presented to Purohit included former Supreme Court Judge KT Thomas' reported remarks of some "serious flaws" in the CBI investigation into the case and details on her son's behaviour during his earlier parole and its extension, she said.

Last year Justice Thomas wrote to then Congress President Sonia Gandhi to show magnanimity towards her husband's killers and enable remission of their sentences.

Arputhammal said the Governor was 'cordial' towards her and went through her petition, and that he even suggested some correction which was done. "So I am confident he will soon accept the cabinet recommendation and approve my son's release. He will respect the Cabinet, Supreme Court," she added.

On September 9, the AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu had recommended to Purohit the release of all seven life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, a move hailed by most political

parties in the state barring the Congress and the BJP. The cabinet had decided to release the convicts V Sriharan alias Murugan, T Suthanthiraraja alias Santhan, Perarivalan, Jayakumar, Robert Payas, Ravichandran and Nalini, under Article 161 of the Constitution, which relates to the power of the Governor to grant pardons and to suspend, remit and commute sentences in certain cases.

In the meantime, families of people who died in the suicide bomb attack targeting Rajiv Gandhi sought permission to meet with the governor to represent their case. They are opposing the recommendation to release the convicts.

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