Convicts in Rajiv assassination case to be released

The convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case would be freed, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa said Wednesday.

Announcing the government's decision in the assembly, Jayalalithaa said the government would release V.Sriharan alias Murugan, A.G. Perarivalan alias Arivu, T. Suthendraraja alias Santhan, Nalini, Robert Payas, Jayakumar and Ravichandran.

All the seven are convicts in the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.