SC asks TN to inform if decision taken on Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict’s mercy plea
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Tamil Nadu government to inform whether a decision has been taken by it on a mercy petition filed by a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The top court was hearing the plea of 46-year-old A G Perarivalan, who has sought suspension of his life sentence till the MDMA’s probe is completed. MDMA was set up in 1998 and it probed the conspiracy aspect of Gandhi’s assassination.