Supreme Court sets free six convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the release of six accused, including Nalini and R P Ravichandran, serving life sentences in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. 

The killers were serving life sentences in jail. Earlier, the court had also released Perarivalan, a convict in the case, on the same grounds.

Earlier, Nalini Sriharan, who is serving a life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, had approached the Supreme Court seeking her premature release. Nalini had challenged the June 17 order of the Madras High Court, which had dismissed her plea for her early release and ordered the release of co-convict AG Perarivalan, citing the Supreme Court verdict.