On Monday, the Supreme Court granted one week’s probation to Rajiv Gandhi murder convict AG Perarivalan for a medical check-up.
The order was approved by a bench of three judges led by Judge LN Rao after Perarivalan’s lead attorney, Gopal Shankarnaraynan, noted that his probation ended today. The appointed court granted him probation in early November 9-23 for a medical check-up. But since he was not provided with a police escort, he was unable to do so. This was reported to the supreme court which ordered the state government to provide police escort and extended his probation for a week.
The order came in a petition filed by Perarivalan in which he had challenged the delay in his pending remission statement with the governor since 2015.
The Tamil Nadu government had previously informed the court that the governor had requested a report from the Union Ministry of the Interior to respond to the referral request, as CBI is conducting a multidisciplinary investigation into the broader conspiracy in relation to the murder of Rajiv Gandhi in September 1991.
The Court had asked CBI to respond to progress in its largest conspiracy investigation. The CBI filed an affidavit last week in court stating that the investigation had nothing to do with Perarivalan’s request for referral as the scope of the investigation was against persons other than those who have already been convicted.
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