--- title: "Who is the prime accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case?" description: "Who is the prime accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case?" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2021-12-03 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94236/who-is-the-prime-accused-in-the-rajiv-gandhi-assassination-case category: "law & legal issues" tags: ["laws", "laws and legal issues"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Who is the prime accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case? Who is the prime accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Sanjay Goenka **['Thenmozhi Rajaratnam’](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi#Supreme_Court_judgment)**a member of **[Srilankan Tamil Separatist Organisation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils)**Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), is the main accused in the assassination of the **former Prime Minister ‘Rajiv Gandhi’.** \ ![Who is the prime accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/9469dd74-c26b-4b6d-927d-624df66d8248/images/b060d0f2-1e4d-4b64-991d-ebb8ecc5390e.jpeg)\ \ **[The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi](https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajiv-gandhis-assassination-and-the-downfall-of-ltte/article34609851.ece)** **On 21st May 1991**, the former Prime Minister of India was assassinated which resulted in a ‘**suicide bombing’** in **Sri Perumbudur, Chennai in Tamil Nadu.** Rajiv Gandhi was the **upcoming new face of Indian politics** and given the election candidate, he was going in the campaign rallies from one state to another. He was busy, campaigning with the **G K Moopanar** in the southern part of India. After finishing his program in Andhra Pradesh he started moving to the next spot of the rally and that was the **incident place Sri Perumbudur in Tamil Nadu.** Here the assassin **‘Thenmozhi Rajaratnam’** meet him and Bowed down to his feet and blasted herself. The explosion that was used in the explosion was RDX-explosive laden belt. Including the assassin, the other **14 members were killed** and **43 others were injured badly**. \ ![Who is the prime accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/9469dd74-c26b-4b6d-927d-624df66d8248/images/f34a621c-c87e-4ecd-91d7-94ac30b51b11.jpeg)\ \ **The victims of the assassination** Including the assassin, most others have died. And the **photographer**, who filmed all the assassination ‘**Haribabu**’ also died in the explosion. Some of the other names are as follows below- **[Rajiv Gandhi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48485/who-is-the-writer-of-the-assassination-of-rajiv-gandhi-an-inside-job)** (the former Prime Minister of India), Dharman (police constable), Santhani Begum (leader of Congress party), **Raj guru** (police inspector), Chandra (police constable), **Edward Joseph** (police inspector), **Ravichandran** (Black cat commando), Saroj Devi (college student), **Kokila Devi** (ten-year-old girl), etc. An organization that was involved in the assassination \ **[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam)** This is a Tamil militant organization mainly based in northeastern **Sri Lanka**. It was founded in **May 1976**, and the foundation was led by **Velupillai Prabhakaran**. The capacity to spread the threat can be seen based on the given **designation as a terrorist organization by 32 countries**. Including the **European Union, Canada, the United States, and India.** \ **Supreme Court Judgement** supreme court judge **[K T Thomas](http://www.lawreformscommission.kerala.gov.in/index.php/k-t-thomas)**convicted the **4 people for the death punishment** and **others for various jail terms.** all the research work was made by the **[Central Bureau of Investigation](https://cbi.gov.in/).** the agency could not tell the exact time of the conspiracy. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94236/who-is-the-prime-accused-in-the-rajiv-gandhi-assassination-case Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.