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Know the seven convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

New Delhi: The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, the ex-Prime Minister of India, occurred as a result of a suicide bombing in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, in Tamil Nadu on 21 May 1991.  It was carried out

7. AG Perarivalan alias  Arivu

 

A diploma holder in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Arivu was charged with helping the conspirators by procuring materials including a 9V battery used in the assassination, a motorcycle, battery wire and other articles for wireless set, a multimeter for testing the various electrical equipment and opening bank accounts with fake addresses to facilitate money transfer.

He was soon dubbed the bomb maker. His mother Arputham Kuildasan emerged as a champion for abolition of death penalty.

Arivu completed BCA and MCA, and six other certificate courses — most of them with gold medal among prisoners — in jail, and is now planning to register for M Phil.

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