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[Sachin]

I am told by a reliable source,that Perarivalan might have been unaware of the plot and that only SL Tamils were awre of the plot

The book written by Radhavinod Raju* mentions that Perarivalan was actively involved in the procurement of batteries for the belt bomb as well as the clandestine wireless sets operated by Sivarasan. And then he also had gone to Jaffna etc. As per the book is father was a strong "Dravida Kazhagam" activist as well. So dont think Perarivalan alias Arivu is a baby angel .

* I have only information given by the book.

Edited (to add): I now firmly believe that Dhananjay Chatterjee hung from the gallows, mainly because he was not associated to any power group (political party, terror outfits, NGOs etc.). He too was in jail for 14 years. So death sentence in India is only meant for such lone men, who have committed rapes and murders AND ALSO they are not part of any power group.

[Aditya_V]

SSridhar, The Tamizh, non Tamizh aurgent is this case is like the Taliban- You are never Muslim enough unless you agree with me. So lets leave it.

[SSridhar]

SSridhar, The Tamizh, non Tamizh aurgent is this case is like the Taliban- You are never Muslim enough unless you agree with me.

Yeah, I know.

[svenkat]

Sachinji,
My source might be completely wrong on Perarivalan,who was no angel for sure.My source was involved in technical aspects than the conspiracy angle.

If the Supreme Court decided Perarivalan was guilty,it is the end of the matter.

But wanted to record my sources observations on the issue.

SSridharji's remarks that Karunanidhi had full knowledge of the case is important.His volte face is reprehensible.If there was even a hint of doubt,he could have examined it.typical of his mean politics.

[nkumar]

Since the discussion going on is about the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case, I think this might be the appropriate thread to post this. Sometime back I came across this blog.
http://indianintelligence2009.blogspot. ... oices.html

There is no way one can verify what the author mentions, but it is interesting to go through what he wrote. He made just one entry in his blog in September 2009, though he said he would complete the blogpost in a 3 part series. He never made the other 2 posts.

He mentions in his profile the following:

EX INDIAN INTELLIGENCE
Am now living in a distant land where nobody can recognize me. But sometimes during sunset I sit and wonder about things that I had seen and heard and analyzed in the past. This blog is an attempt to say the unsaid, write the unwritten and present the unpresented.

Posting in full..

Playing with a nation’s choices
Part 1 : Three funerals and a wedding


Prologue

I was part of various analysis teams of Indian intelligence agencies during the 80’s and 90’s and now live a anonymous life in a distant land. What I am going to propagate over a 3 part series in the next few days might seem very farfetched and even fantastic to most people and many conspiracy theorists might gleefully accept it as vindication for whatever they have been screaming from rooftops for quite some time now. My attempt though is neither to please any one nor to prove someone else wrong or right; it is just to come out with the truth as we perceived it. Most of the theory that I am going to put forward in part 1 is the work of us 5 people in 1991 while analyzing all the intelligence inputs over the years in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Mr. Rajiv Gandhi. We in the intelligence parlays termed it as “the Rajiv brief”. Most conclusions that we had come up with were unanimous and unequivocal. I must hasten to add that many parts of this so called “the Rajiv brief” were also part of an earlier analysis done in the mid 80’s by another team investigating the conspiracy angle to Mrs Indira Gandhi’s death. Theoretic overlapping in terms of evidences, intelligence briefings and logical conclusions between these two analysis reports might be common, but there are also significant points of divergence in both of these reports and since I have been privy to both I would suggest that the number of points of convergence between both sets of analysis far outnumber the differences. Sometime in the middle of 1992 we were suddenly asked to debunk the whole theory and change our line of thinking by powers that be, and we had to let go of a “very strong” case that we were building then. Of the core group of 5 analysts who were working on that case, 3 are no more (all died of normal causes) and 2 of us are still living anonymously without being in touch with each other. This is my attempt (after almost 2 decades) to complete “the Rajiv brief” and take it to its logical conclusion with the benefit of hindsight. I must warn though, that this is at the end of the day, just a theory based on intelligence inputs and field analysis built on a very plausible premise. It is an attempt to fill in the blanks between the “if’s” and “buts” of history with the luxury of retrospective intelligence.

The Theory: Five people four scenarios and three events

Mrs Sonia Gandhi is today the most powerful person in India and probably one of the most powerful women on earth. Elections 2009 have only reinforced her power. How did she end up becoming the most powerful person in India? This is the story of that ascendancy. Five people, four scenarios and three events stood between Mrs Sonia Gandhi and her destiny. Over the next few pages I am going to explain those scenarios through the eyes of a former intelligence analyst.



Scenario 1: The Rajiv-Sonia marriage


At the outset there is nothing more than just another love story to Mr Rajiv Gandhi’s romance with Miss Antonia Albina Maino in the mid 1960’s. Any suggestion that there were characters in the Cambridge university campus that not only hooked them up but also nurtured the famous romance is too farfetched. But having said that, let us consider some of the London tabloid reports of that time which variously suggested Rajiv was “constantly influenced” by a couple of students of European origin (I would not take names and let researchers do some hard work) and that at least one of those students was later absorbed by the Vatican’s intelligence wing. It would also be farfetched to speculate on Indian intelligence requesting the help of MI5 to analyze the Rajiv-Sonia romance, at least am not aware of any such report ever being filed. All these rumours and theories have done their rounds in the intelligence quarters of Delhi, especially during 1991-1992, but then we are rushing ahead of time so we shall deal with that later. I would now present as to what intelligence agencies actually did, which was very little, and let people draw their own conclusion.

Background

Post World War 1, Turin was a hub of political activity. Communism was at its peak in Europe and many left leaning socialist organizations were dabbling with the Marxist ideology and as a counter balance to that the fascist forces were emerging as an attractive alternative to many Catholics of Italy, and Turin was no exception. The small village of Orbassano near Turin mainly composed of orthodox Roman Catholic families and they all dreaded the arrival of communists on their shores and decided to join hands with the fascists lead by Mussolini. Paolo Maino was one of them. Indian intelligence gathering techniques are never given their due credit, but we have done some first rate jobs which have never been acknowledged and Mrs Sonia Gandhi’s background check was one of them. It was found that after the end of Second World War when many fascists were purged, Paolo Maino was protected by the church and no less than the Vatican itself intervened in his case and all papers pertaining to him were there by transferred to the Vatican! It was furthermore established that one of the more mysterious uncles of Paolo Maino worked for the super secret intelligence organization of the Vatican, the Opus Dei. Paolo was a construction contractor and had little savings; he could not entirely afford the educational and other expenses of his children. This mysterious uncle; who was working for the Opus Dei and whose name had been deleted from all the intelligence files; sponsored Antonio Albina Maino’s education in Cambridge in the 1960’s.

During her stay in Cambridge Miss Antonio took an “unusually high degree” of interest in the activities of groups concerning students of Indian Diaspora much before she met Rajiv. In fact, their first meeting took place in the presence of other Indian origin students and not in a Greek cafe as widely reported later. But throughout all of this she continued her association with the church and its activities and was in constant touch with “certain sections of the Vatican” which were previously also associated with the fascists. When Indian intelligence officials later questioned one of Miss Antonio’s close associates during her stay in the Cambridge, he described her relationship with the Vatican as akin to “umbilical cord”. All of these titbits were filed by many field officers of various intelligence agencies over a period of years but most analysts in the intelligence parlays of India termed them as “innocent” at worst and “needs evaluation” at best. Of course one can always concede that the analysts of that era lack the luxury of retrospective analysis as we do have now, there was definitely some lax attitude shown by these analysts in trying to decipher these events. Thus one day in 1968, after 3 odd years of courtship Mr. Rajiv Gandhi and Miss Antonio Maino; the daughter of former Fascist soldier, Paolo Maino; were married in Delhi. Miss Maino then became Mrs Sonia Gandhi for all intentions and purposes and the stepping stone to her destiny was covered with roses.



Scenario 2: Event 1, June 23rd 1980

The first player in the political theatre to have been eliminated and also the most important first link to the series of events that led to the present dispensation in the corridors of Delhi. Circumstantial evidence in the June 23rd 1980 Sanjay Gandhi air crash near Safdarjung airport points to foul play but let’s not get sucked into those futile arguments that have been raging ever since. Just suffice it to say that the single-member enquiry commission headed by Mr M L Jain which was formed to study the circumstances that lead to the plane crash has never submitted any report what so ever to the government in 3 decades. Now isn’t that fishy?

Background

Anybody who is aware of the 70’s brand of politics in India would know that Sanjay was the most important political centre, around whom most of the power was concentrated and dispensed with. Many even believed that Sanjay wielded more power than Indira Gandhi herself. It thus became pertinent for most intelligence agencies concerned with India’s affairs to have a thick case file about Sanjay Gandhi and his activities. There were some widely debunked theories of the junior Gandhi leaning towards CIA and Mrs Gandhi not being in agreement with his ideas, I do not know the origin or the veracities of these hypotheses so I would not make any comment either to encourage or discourage them. The 1960’s and 70’s Delhi was a hub of international espionage (like any other capital of any other country) because most intelligence agencies (including CIA & KGB) of that era depended on HUMINT or human intelligence officers to gather intelligence rather than satellites and drones of today. Every other day there would be speculation in the media circles of a certain politician or a certain bureaucrat working in tandem with a certain foreign intelligence agency; I would be lying if I claimed that all these speculations were wrong, in fact there were quite a few surprises in the “official” list that the Indian intelligence agencies maintained, but that is a completely different subject altogether. Coming back to Sanjay Gandhi and the interest that he generated in foreign as well as Indian intelligence circles, one thing is clear, he never worked or had any relationship with any of the foreign intelligence agencies and that much I can vouch for, but the same cannot be said about his continuous indulgence and interference with the local intelligence agencies. He always used and had his men in various wings of Indian intelligence agencies. Amidst all of this originated the “Russian hypothesis”.

There is no agreement as to when the real “Russian hypothesis” came into being, some argue that just prior to emergency in 1975 the Soviets sponsored this study because they had prior intelligence that emergency would be imposed on India, while still others argue that its origin was sometime during the Morarji Desai regime. I for one tend to agree with the former because it is a known fact that Soviets were consulted by Mrs Gandhi about emergency. Another reason to support the 1975 theory is that a secret meeting of the dreaded VKR had taken place in Delhi in the summer of 1975 (VKR = Voennaya Kontra Razvedka) and it had baffled many Indian intelligence officials as to why VKR (Russian counter intelligence wing) would meet in India. After the imposition of emergency and the awareness about Mrs Gandhi’s soviet consultation, intelligence circles widely accepted the theory of VKR meeting in Delhi as a part of that Indo-Soviet collaboration on emergency until the emergence of the “Russian hypothesis” and the eventual demise of Mr. Sanjay Gandhi. KGB had strong presence in Delhi and across India in the 70’s and many left-leaning analysts openly and covertly co-operated with KGB and other Russian intelligence agencies. One such “analyst” was part of the team that had produced the “Russian hypothesis” and he later (in 1979) leaked parts of that document to Indian intelligence and that is how the jigsaw puzzle was cracked. In the hypothesis it was concluded that Mr Sanjay Gandhi was west leaning and a capitalist and would eventually side with the CIA, although there was no universal agreement about these conclusions amongst the team that had produced the “Russian hypothesis” most of them did agree to some extent of those conclusions. It was our belief that the Soviets had decided not to take any action, mainly because of the fact that it was unlikely of KGB and even more unlikely in the case of VKR to remain quiet for more than a few months after having reached a conclusion. This is when Opus Dei comes into picture. It is a well known fact that Opus Dei and parts of Russian intelligence had always collaborated on certain matters. Exactly how or when did Opus Dei come into the possession of “Russian hypothesis” is merely in the realm of speculation but what is incontrovertible is that the Vatican intelligence did have enormous influence on Josef Stavinoha, the man who was heading VKR at that time and thus KGB in active collaboration with Opus Dei decided to act on the “Russian hypothesis” sometime in March 1980. As a direct result of that, June 23rd 1980 happened as an accident.


Continuum

After the sudden demise of Mr Sanjay Gandhi, there was the question of two other people, the very political wife Mrs Maneka Gandhi and son Mr Varun Gandhi which had to be dealt with by the Gandhi family. While there is no denying the fact that Mrs Indira Gandhi and her daughter in law Mrs Maneka Gandhi had a less than cordial relationship (which was more accentuated after the arrival of Rajiv’s family, as per some household sources of the family) and usually had typical “saas-bahu” war of turfs, but what is also irrefutable is the fact that Mr Varun Gandhi was Mrs Gandhi’s favourite grandson and she simply doted on him. What exactly transpired and who facilitated the events are all debates of speculation for the tabloid media, but one thing is certain, both the widowed mother and son were completely sidelined and almost ceased to exist as far as the Gandhi family is concerned after ceremoniously being thrown out of the Prime Minister’s residence.





Scenario 3: 1984, the assassination of Mrs Indira Gandhi

It was one of those events in the young life of a nation that can be termed as a defining moment in history. At the outset it was a clear case of Khalistani fundamentalists avenging operation blue-star, but there were many characters at the periphery and many events preceding it which raised many an eyebrow in the intelligence communities of the world. This was also that one colossal event that catapulted the young Mr Rajiv Gandhi, a novice in politics, to the highest seat of power in South Asia and Mrs Sonia Gandhi was now the next in the line of succession by the virtue of being his wife.

Background

It is a historically well known fact that the Khalistan movement was nurtured by ISI and certain elements in Pakistan. Also well recorded are the initial reactions of some western countries like Canada who almost directly hobnobbed with the Sikh separatist leaders only to abandon them when the movement became increasingly violent. Tacit support of US and British intelligence agencies to the Khalistan intelligentsia was also much speculated upon those days. But what was a lesser known fact in the media and a matter of puzzling debates in the intelligence circles was the interest shown by the Vatican in the Khalistan movement. In 1980-81 Vatican had an open channel of discussions with certain groups of the so called “intellectuals” who were known sympathisers of the Sikh separatist movements. This interest and interactions continued well into the early 80’s and were explained as the “right of Vatican to have an interest in other religious organizations”. At the height of Khalistan movement just after operation Blue Star, many reliable Indian intelligence sources had given “definitive” information about Opus Dei funding parts of operations of Sikh separatists outside India!

After operation Blue Star there were many intelligence inputs about the threat to Mrs Gandhi’s life including some specific inputs about people in the core inner circle of Mrs Gandhi’s security system being vulnerable. Yet no action was taken, why? The assassination of Mrs Indira Gandhi was a massive intelligence failure to say the least and yet no major enquiry was ordered to decipher the conspiracy theory, why? Sections of KGB and other Russian intelligence agencies had given a specific timeframe regarding “action” and yet their advice went unheeded, why? Soviet sources, in informal briefings had warned about certain western intelligence agencies being in cahoots with Sikh separatists and yet those warnings were disregarded, why?

A part of the answer to those questions can be explained as plain incompetence as usual. May be one can also argue that we now have the power of hindsight which we lacked then. But definitely there is a part of the answer to that question which is more complex and only takes my theory forward to its logical conclusion. It is not as if we did nothing, security experts and Intelligence aficionados gave at least 2 formal specific presentations to Mrs Gandhi on 2 different occasions about the need to re-haul the entire security apparatus around her. But on both these occasions apart from Mrs Gandhi’s nonchalance we met with the biggest resistance from one particular member of her core team. He was a very powerful member of what was then known to the media as “kitchen cabinet” and had also been described as a “power broker of the highest degree” by many media houses and visiting dignitaries. There was no reason to suspect any mal-intentions in him, as he was also known to be very close to Mr Rajiv Gandhi (unlike some members of the “kitchen cabinet” who had a turf war with the junior Gandhi). Post assassination there was a bit of a stir in the media about the same gentleman followed by hush-hush events. We in the intelligence were also surprised to know about his strong linkages with certain Western intelligence agencies. Nothing really happened after that for quite some time and Mr Rajiv Gandhi only restored the same gentleman back in his team with full honours and the whole episode was laid to rest. But the biggest revelation to the intelligence wings came a little later (and was not accorded much importance at that time). Unlike media perceptions that the said gentleman belonged to the Rajiv Gandhi coterie and to the “kitchen cabinet”, he actually owed both his positions and his re-instatement into the inner circles of power after the assassination of Mrs Gandhi to a certain Mrs Sonia Gandhi!


Scenario 4: 1991, the assassination of Mr Rajiv Gandhi

When Mr Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in Sriperumbudur on 21st May 1991, it did come as a shock to the intelligence community in India but it would be false to suggest that we had absolutely no clue about it. Tamil Tigers animosity towards Mr Rajiv Gandhi was by no means a universally accepted fact in the intelligence circles and yet there were “elements” in the establishment who had assessed the risk factors from time to time. Many analysts had pointed out way back in 1985 (when Rajiv first tried to establish channels to tigers) the unpredictable nature of the leadership of LTTE and their perceived closeness to “certain” European and Western intelligence agencies. Mr Rajiv Gandhi was more influenced by a section of foreign policy analysts and he paid little heed to whatever little reservations the Indian intelligence agencies had vis-à-vis Tamil Tigers. I must confess that intelligence community in India did not really cover themselves in glory in this whole episode, because it might come as a surprise to most readers to know that we had threat perception for Mr Rajiv Gandhi from many other quarters like Sikh separatists, Islamic (Pakistani funded) militant groups, Chinese sponsored mercenaries and even rogue KGB agents, but had very few inputs and analysis about Tamil Tigers! That was a grave error to say the least. Due to myriad intelligence inputs and even more complex analysis the enquiry following the assassination was mired in many ideas and was muddled in too many complexities.

Background

The Rajiv Gandhi era was defined by two major geo-political changes in India and South Asia;

· Pakistan’s involvement with separatist groups in Kashmir and the birth of Islamic terrorism in the valley

· India’s direct mediation in Sri Lanka vis-à-vis Tamil issue

Both these geo-political affairs in South Asia had linkages to Western intelligence agencies at some point or other. It is a well known fact that CIA did help Kashmiri terror outfits in the initial years ostensibly to decrease Soviet influence in the region and also because US intelligence establishments were day dreaming about controlling all forms of Islamic extremist organisations from Afghanistan and Central Asia to the Middle-East and Western Africa. The results of those ill-fated forays have been disastrous as we have seen today, but that is a different story for some other time. Lesser known fact is the support to LTTE by many European intelligence agencies including MI5 & NIS (Norwegian Intelligence Service). Thus, although Mr Rajiv Gandhi considered Mr Vellupali Prabhakaran as a personal friend, the LTTE leader was more under the influence of many other intelligence organisations than India which should have been his natural ally. If the Western intelligence agencies wanted to eliminate Mr Rajiv Gandhi (for whatever myriad reasons) they had 2 very plausible ways to achieve their hit; Islamic Terror outfits in Kashmir and LTTE; apart from many other difficult options. LTTE having assassinated Mr Rajiv Gandhi unilaterally can be ruled out for all practical purposes as it was too much under the influence and control of many agencies and also it would have needed a thorough assurance that its own organization would not be eliminated following the assassination. Mr Prabhakaran, whatever else he was, was a practical man with very sensible ideas to survive for a long term struggle for Tamil Elam. He would have realized at the very outset that eliminating Mr Rajiv Gandhi could become an existential threat to LTTE itself. He had the precedence of the Khalistan movement being crushed following Mrs Indira Gandhi’s assassination and the might of IPKF, which had almost managed to destroy about 80% of LTTE.

Mr Prabhakaran apart from being Tamil was also a catholic and there is a theory that the Vatican had helped LTTE in the initial phases to establish a “catholic” land in the Northern parts of Sri Lanka independent of the “Buddhist” Sinhalese regime. I have many intelligence inputs to confirm these linkages between the Vatican and the LTTE. Norway which had always played a role in the Sri Lankan peace process had a commanding influence over LTTE, especially over the northern faction of LTTE comprising Prabhakaran and co. Norwegian intelligence or NIS had not only given financial assistance but also had provided military training and logistical support to many northern LTTE command groups. I must state here that the western part of LTTE led by Karuna and co was less under the influence of these organisations and was more open to collaboration with India. There was also an unconfirmed report that Karuna was against the whole plot to assassinate Mr Rajiv Gandhi and had even tried in vain to contact Indian intelligence agencies about the impending attack. NIS and other Scandinavian intelligence agencies in the 80’s and early 90’s were also heavily under the influence of Opus Dei and other intelligence establishments of the Vatican. There were many reasons for this, primary being the fact Norway’s borders with Soviet Russia and the Opus Dei’s final plans to liberate the orthodox Russian church from the communists. Finally, we have very strong intelligence inputs about NIS having given the final order of a “hit” on Mr Rajiv Gandhi and also the requisite assurance of “no-attack” from India on LTTE in any eventuality. Thus Prabhakaran decided to assassinate Mr Rajiv Gandhi despite internal opposition and many apprehensions. What is even more curious was the timing of attack (which was also a pre-condition by the Norwegian controllers of LTTE as per many intercepts of Russian intelligence revealed to India much later). It was as if someone wanted to influence the ensuing general elections in India by assassinating a tall leader (they had the precedent of 1985 elections following Mrs Gandhi’s killing). But, they only partly succeeded in that as congress could not get a majority on its own which was partially due to the fact that a part of those elections were held before the event and partially due to the changed political scenario of India in the beginning of the 90’s.

The Analysis

After the assassination many intelligence teams were working on many number of theories and officially SIT (special investigation team) was formed to fast track the whole process and at least theoretically all these intelligence teams were supposed to be working under the aegis of the SIT. We were a group of 5 analysts working on the conspiracy angle (there were other groups of people also working on many conspiracy theories) leading up to the assassination. This is when we first stumbled upon the theory of the Vatican’s interest in India’s 1st family (the Gandhi family), which was earlier researched by a team previously working on the killing of senior Mrs Gandhi. Layer by layer we were gathering all the previous inputs and seemingly farfetched hypothesises put forward by many people in the past. Most of the inputs that I have talked about till now throughout this paper (part 1) were discovered and analysed during those 6 months when we worked together in that team. Mr P. V. Narasimha Rao was the Prime Minister of India then and he had made it a point to get all the reports on the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case delivered to him directly (with no intermediaries) at regular intervals. I remember it correctly, when we had sent our detailed analysis report with all the relevant intelligence inputs to the PMO on a Thursday afternoon. The report contained all the various theories that we had suggested but we had not reached any conclusions.

The first time it’s a chance, the second time it’s a coincidence and the third time it’s a pattern. I guess it was just a matter of time before we would reach the conclusion that the sole beneficiary of all these scenarios and events was the one and only Mrs Sonia Gandhi, the widow of Mr Rajiv Gandhi. How 3 events (assassination & “unnatural” deaths of the three Gandhis) and the 4 scenarios involving 5 people who were either eliminated or completely sidelined leading to the final destiny of Mrs Sonia Gandhi is really a fascinating story. On Monday morning our team was dismantled, we were asked to work on another theory of CIA’s involvement with the LTTE and about understanding the financial structuring of the Tamil Tigers and we were told in no uncertain terms to abandon our “farfetched” theories and to work on more “realistic” aspects that would provide more tangible results.

After that we never mentioned about “the Rajiv brief” or about what had happened in those 6 months. But I have been keeping track of events since then. One important loophole about the theory as explained till now would be the reluctance of Mrs Sonia Gandhi to accept the position of power after the 1991 elections. I would like to deal with the post Rajiv era in part 2 when I will hopefully explain all of those issues. I have formulated my own set of theories and have reached my own conclusions, but they will be elaborated upon in the next 2 parts of this treatise.


... To be continued.

POSTED BY EX INDIAN INTELLIGENCE AT 12:31 PM

Combine the above observations (if true) with the open allegations that Dr. Subramanian Swamy has been making against Sonia Gandhi (and none has been refuted by her so far), her keeping away from the media to avoid any grilling...the picture looks really scary.

[svenkat]

Prabhakaran was not a catholic.He was a Hindu,but the christist infiltration(Norwegians) of LTTE is well known

[Singha]

the unsolved murder of Olof Palme could also have some link to indian events. theories abound from cia, kgb, aparthied regime and many others ordering the hit on him.

[Pranav]

Re Rajeev assassination, an article by Rajinder Puri -

Nalini Murugan, serving a life sentence as an accused in the Rajiv Gandhi murder case, has moved a court application seeking her premature release due to good conduct, the fact of her being a mother, of having educated herself in prison, and of having already served the stipulated term allowing premature release. Several earlier similar petitions by her had been rejected by the courts. She is the only surviving member of the death squad that killed Rajiv Gandhi. She was sentenced to death. But Rajiv's widow, Sonia Gandhi, pleaded that her sentence be commuted to a life term because Nalini had become a mother.

All these reasons adduced above may encourage a humanitarian view leading to Nalini's release. But there has emerged a twist in the tale that argues against it. Nalini's latest petition comes in the wake of Priyanka Vadra's visit to her in prison. That visit was secret and unrecorded by prison authorities. That was done in violation of law. It could have been done only through complicity of government officials who abetted that secret unlawful visit. Indeed, it has been acknowledged that an Intelligence officer accompanied Priyanka to prison. News of the secret visit might never have surfaced. And since it was nowhere on official record it could have been denied if alleged.

However, Nalini's lawyer, S Duraisamy, leaked the information to the press. He did this by getting his son to put a question about the visit under the Right to Information Act. Since the visit was not on official record Priyanka could, arguably, have denied or evaded the issue. Instead she promptly acknowledged the visit, even though it was in violation of prison rules. Was this done by Priyanka under official advice to assure Nalini and her advisers that any promise made to her would be honoured?

In her interaction with Nalini, according to the version given by Duraisamy, Priyanka specifically asked Nalini if she knew who the mastermind was behind Rajiv's assassination. The day after the report of her meeting surfaced this scribe speculated that Priyanka met Nalini to seek the full truth about the conspiracy behind Rajiv Gandhi's assassination which has never been satisfactorily explained. This might well be the case. But in the light of subsequent developments another possibility has arisen. The government, through Priyanka, may have wanted to find out how much Nalini knew about the truth behind the conspiracy.

As written earlier, several questions relating to the assassination remain unanswered. How did Dhanu, the suicide bomber become a Congress leader's tenant? Why did a Congress leader accompany Dhanu to the site where the killing occurred? Why and how did the Special Investigative Team (SIT) delay by one week the arrest of Sirihasan, the leader of the death squad, giving him opportunity to commit suicide and bury the truth? The SIT did a commendable job in nailing the LTTE for the murder. But it did an incomplete job by not satisfactorily addressing the questions posed above. In other words, while LTTE's guilt was established, the possible complicity of Indian political conspirators was ignored.

According to recent media reports Nalini's co-accused husband, Murugan, was planning to write a book about the assassination which would have contained explosive details about the complicity of ruling politicians in the conspiracy. These media reports could be baseless. But as long as public doubts persist about their authenticity, the issue of Nalini's premature release would be seen in an altogether different and sinister light. It would then seem that the government's complicity in the Priyanka visit was motivated by its desire to prevent the book being published and the truth about the conspiracy coming out. That the leakage of the visit by Nalini's lawyer was to make sure that the government remained under pressure. That Priyanka's swift acknowledgment of her unrecorded visit to the prison was a panic reaction to assure Nalini and her lawyer that they had not been abandoned.

What is most worrisome is that if even a fraction of the media speculation is warranted, the situation is fraught with danger. If the visit to the prison could be organized in contravention of rules, there is no guarantee that sympathizers of Nalini did not record her conversation with Priyanka. If that private and secret conversation contained anything to embarrass the authorities, the government would be vulnerable to blackmail.

Till doubts created by these media reports are cleared it would be improper to order the premature release of Nalini. Instead, a credible probe into the murder of Rajiv Gandhi should be freshly ordered. Detectives might then question Nalini and other LTTE members and attempt to unravel the conspiracy behind Rajiv Gandhi's assassination.

http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Cont ... cleID=4558

[Pranav]

People who speak Tamil, can you give your views on this:



(This is part 1 of 7)

[SSridhar]

I would say any discussion now on conspiracy theories about RG's assassination after all those involved have either been caught and sentenced or eliminated through other means is a red herring for the issue on hand. Nobody can demand commutation of death sentence on these three terrorists who waged war on India, by spinning new stories or raising suspicion etc. The issue is settled convincingly in the highest court of law in the country and the President had rejected the mercy petition after she had applied her mind to the issue looking at inputs from the MHA and the State government of TN. No new evidence has surfaced that would warrant a re-opening of the case. All legal avenues are closed.

This 'Tamil race', 'Tamil sentiment' are all humbug. Indeed, one can argue that the incident of May, 1991 and now the cries for clemency have only brought shame upon the Tamils. It is only a closed mind that can think in such narrow terms. The only argument here is why should it have taken the President so long to dispose of the mercy petitions. If the government gives a satisfactory explanation, that would settle the issue. I hope the government can do so. Even then, this long a period is inhumane and the Centre must show urgency in these matters, especially when it involves terrorists.

Our Pujya Home Minister once famously said that the MHA handles these cases serially. He said Afzal Guru was 22nd in the list. I hope such is not the case because undoubtedly it prolongs the agony of condemned prisoners who are later down in the list. I hope the Attorney General does not present such an argument before the courts because that would be struck down immediately and the terrorists released. It should be so argued only if the powers-that-be want the intended result to be so. It would be interesting to see what the MHA says now.

[SSridhar]

Right on cue, Omar asks if J&K Assembly can pass a resolution for Afzal Guru's clemency as well.

"If J&K assembly had passed a resolution similar to the Tamil Nadu one for Afzal Guru would the reaction have been as muted? I think not," Omar punched on social networking site Twitter.

"Omar's remarks are unfortunate. Had the Hurriyat leaders made such a comment, it would have been understandable. A responsible CM should not have made such comments," BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said in Delhi.

His party colleague Balbir Punj dubbed Omar's remarks as "shocking, irresponsible and unfortunate".

Congress chose to distance itself. "What the CM comments on twitter is his business. Its really not for us to take cognisance of. These are sensitive issues which each state government sees and percieves on their own. We can only wait and watch.

"In a democracy, it's perfectly okay for people to voice their opinions collectively or individually. I don't think we should speculate," Renuka Chowdhary, Congress spokesperson said.

No wonder the British thought that India would not survive in one piece for many years if we have these kinds of situations 64 years after Independence and after we have achieved a sense of integration of our country.

[RamaY]

I am told by a reliable source,that Perarivalan might have been unaware of the plot and that only SL Tamils were awre of the plot and that too only about five persons including sivaraasan and thaanu.The SL tamils did not trust Indian tamils who were in it only for the money and the rare one for ideological reasons.

Also,the CBI did try to fabricate evidence and my source who is a bit cynical,but not wrong on facts,says that the CBI team had no choice for one could not expect LTTE to own up the facts.
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Svenkat garu,

Are you Telugu? If so, pls read the articles on SIT investigations (based on the SIT book) on RG assassination in Greatandhra.com.

[RamaY]

Right on cue, Omar asks if J&K Assembly can pass a resolution for Afzal Guru's clemency as well.country.

This is just a starting point. We can kiss the death penalty good bye. Perhaps that would ensure that we can get other criminals from londonistan.

The Dravidian parties achieved another feat after Dravidian movement.

Very sad indeed from people who claim to be sage-Agastya's lineage (read Vatapi story).

[Pranav]

I would say any discussion now on conspiracy theories about RG's assassination after all those involved have either been caught and sentenced or eliminated through other means is a red herring for the issue on hand. Nobody can demand commutation of death sentence on these three terrorists who waged war on India, by spinning new stories or raising suspicion etc. The issue is settled convincingly in the highest court of law in the country and the President had rejected the mercy petition after she had applied her mind to the issue looking at inputs from the MHA and the State government of TN. No new evidence has surfaced that would warrant a re-opening of the case. All legal avenues are closed.

If you read Rajinder Puri's article, one of the accused, Murugan, was threatening to write a book, exposing the role of Indian politicians. I am sure Murugan must told everything to his family members. Priyanka met his wife Nalini (to urge the family to keep quiet?). It could be that the Gandhis promised the Murugan family that they would be spared execution. If Murugan is executed, Nalini may expose the conspiracy.

Anyway, if Murugan is executed and in consequence his family members expose Indian politicians, then it is all the better. But they better watch out, they could be suicided at any moment.

[Pranav]

This is just a starting point. We can kiss the death penalty good bye.

It won't be so easy, particularly because of Kasab.

[RamaY]

I don't think so Pranav garu. Kasab will not be hanged. (wishful reverse jinx )

[SSridhar]

Very sad indeed from people who claim to be sage-Agastya's lineage (read Vatapi story).

The people who are spearheading the current agitation would probably discredit Sage Agastya either because they are atheists or they are Ahl-e-Kitab. But, that is immaterial to the issue on hand.

[arun]

Right on cue, Omar asks if J&K Assembly can pass a resolution for Afzal Guru's clemency as well.

"If J&K assembly had passed a resolution similar to the Tamil Nadu one for Afzal Guru would the reaction have been as muted? I think not," Omar punched on social networking site Twitter.

"Omar's remarks are unfortunate. Had the Hurriyat leaders made such a comment, it would have been understandable. A responsible CM should not have made such comments," BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said in Delhi.

His party colleague Balbir Punj dubbed Omar's remarks as "shocking, irresponsible and unfortunate".

Congress chose to distance itself. "What the CM comments on twitter is his business. Its really not for us to take cognisance of. These are sensitive issues which each state government sees and percieves on their own. We can only wait and watch.

"In a democracy, it's perfectly okay for people to voice their opinions collectively or individually. I don't think we should speculate," Renuka Chowdhary, Congress spokesperson said.

No wonder the British thought that India would not survive in one piece for many years if we have these kinds of situations 64 years after Independence and after we have achieved a sense of integration of our country.

The resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly is wholly condemnable . It is sending the message that there exists in Tamil Nadu a belief that criminals of Tamil origin claiming to act on grounds of defending so called Tamil interests are entitled somehow to a level of sympathy where they kill non-Tamils.

[Hari Seldon]

^^^ True. Am sure some link to Tamizgh chauvinist causes can be found also for the last man to be executed in TN, one auto shankar. His family can now rush in to claim compensation with interest only...

[SSridhar]

. . . a belief that criminals of Tamil origin claiming to act on grounds of defending so called Tamil interests are entitled somehow to a level of sympathy where they kill non-Tamils.

Arun, as Aditya_V said earlier, there are shades of Talibanism here. A Subramanyam Swamy, who demands immediate execution, is branded as a non-Tamil Aryan invader, though they have not said anything about INC TN President Thangkabalu who cannot be similarly accused but who also demands execution. That would also have been the case had Jayalalitha refused to pass the resolution because she is also frequently dubbed as an Aryan invader. Among those spearheading this 'Tamilian' movement itself, many are non-Tamils. Not that I support such Tamil-NonTamil dichotomy, but most among those killed and wounded on that day were pure Tamils, purer by their own definition than some of those in the forefront of the ongoing agitation. Possibly, like the Talibani thinking, collateral Tamilian deaths and maiming are unavoidable in a larger cause, perhaps ?

The INC leaders from Tamilnadu, especially in the cabinet, are silent caught as they are between the rock and a very hard place. Even TN INC President Thangkabalu, after demanding immediate execution, has gone silent.

[Aditya_V]

The resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly is wholly condemnable . It is sending the message that there exists in Tamil Nadu a belief that criminals of Tamil origin claiming to act on grounds of defending so called Tamil interests are entitled somehow to a level of sympathy where they kill non-Tamils.

Again as previously reported thier interests become Tamil Interests. SSsridhar I and many Tamils would be branded as non Tamils by these folk.

It would wrong to call these fellows as Tamils. I would prefer the term DK which would be more appropriate.

[Kanson]

This 'Tamil race', 'Tamil sentiment' are all humbug. Indeed, one can argue that the incident of May, 1991 and now the cries for clemency have only brought shame upon the Tamils. It is only a closed mind that can think in such narrow terms. The only argument here is why should it have taken the President so long to dispose of the mercy petitions. If the government gives a satisfactory explanation, that would settle the issue. I hope the government can do so. Even then, this long a period is inhumane and the Centre must show urgency in these matters, especially when it involves terrorists.

If I can trust my understanding, current political protest in support of LTTE cadres has nothing to do with Tamil race or sentiment. It all in utilizing an event to gain political mileage. DMK which has lost the election is trying to get back some political space at the cost of Jaya, knowing well that Jaya would object. Jaya being astute removed the wind of the sail by allowing the resolution in TN assembly. Well we all know the stand of Congress on this. Now the ball is in Congress court and instead of being played, she now made this as an affair between Congress ruled center and DMK. Problem is from national perspective it is setting a wrong precedent.

[SSridhar]

If I can trust my understanding, current political protest in support of LTTE cadres has nothing to do with Tamil race or sentiment. It all in utilizing an event to gain political mileage.

Of course, political mileage, Kanson. There is no doubt at that. When have political parties not utilised any incident otherwise ? But, here, the political mileage will be attempted to be created in multiple ways. One of them is to use 'Tamil sentiments'. Even the TN Assembly resolution used words to that effect. Those who now praise the TN CM say that she has ensured that Tamil pride has been saved etc. DMK, especially Karunanidhi, used to ridicule MG Ramachandran (MGR) as a Malayalee and tease Tamilians as shameless for allowing a non-Tamil to rule them though MGR's popularity among the masses was such that Mr. Karunanidhi could come nowhere near him. The narrative in TN is based on exploiting vigorously the natural ethno-linguistic-religious differences and stoking a fear of Tamils being overrun by 'others'. For those who propound this narrative, LTTE has come very handy. The fact that the LTTE killed 19 Srilankan Tamils in broad daylight in Chennai two decades back, and then went on a killing spree for two decades eliminating many other Tamil voices in Sri Lanka does not matter. Any criticism of LTTE is propagated by some of these political parties as anti-Tamil in TN and the myth that is being created is that the LTTE was (is) the only organization that protected the interests of the Sri Lankan Tamils and that LTTE can do no wrong. Do you see a parallel to the Taliban ?

[SwamyG]

SwamyG garu, that was a pot shot. Just wanted to show that, being a proven criminal mind is not enough in today's political world. As long as they live they will undermine the national interests

Now I understand, after looking at the definition of pot shot once again.
pot·shot also pot shot (ptsht)
n.
1. A random or easy shot.
2. A criticism made without careful thought and aimed at a handy target for attack:

And I don't understand why you are trying to prove something on this subject. I am still scratching my head, why you pulled me into this.

[abhishek_sharma]

Centre unlikely to act on TN resolution

[abhishek_sharma]

Right on cue, Omar asks if J&K Assembly can pass a resolution for Afzal Guru's clemency as well.

Sikh bodies want Badal to pass House resolution on Bhullar plea

[abhishek_sharma]

On commuting death, SC walks the tightrope

[Sachin]

In the mean while... "The Hindu" has managed to dig up an article written by George Orwell (pseudonym of ) who was an Imperial Police officer posted in India.
A Hanging.
This is about the actual job of executing a condemned prisoner. I am surprised that The Hindu did NOT have so much interest in death penalties when Dhananjoy Chatterjee (or other murderers like Auto Shanker) etc. were executed. In the letters to the editor" today, some of them have nailed a good point here. The article is all great, and sympathetic to the condemned prisoner. But it does not mention any thing on how the prisoner landed up in this place first. It was certainly not a case of one person just dragged in from a public road and executed.

[SSridhar]

It was certainly not a case of one person just dragged in from a public road and executed.

Yeah, I saw that article too but skipped reading it. The Hindu should be reminded of the state of affairs in their beloved PRC.

[Vipul]

Rs 2000 crore crime and criminal tracking system (CCTNS) to be launched today.

Tracking terrorists and criminals is all set to get easier as the Union Home Ministry will launch its ambitious Rs 2000 crore-crime and criminal tracking system (CCTNS) as a pilot project from September 1 in Assam, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh.

This is only a trial run where they will use the software in the states to connect all the police stations and enable the police to track criminals real time.So far, all information on terrorists and criminals is collated manually and stored away in files that are impossible to track.

Currently, if the Uttar Pradesh police has information on an imminent terrorist attack in Mumbai, there is no system in place to pass it on on a real time basis.Also, if the Mumbai police is looking for a terrorist and some clues are available in Lucknow, there is no system to facilitate this exchange of information on a real time basis.

This had proved to be a major obstacle in tracking criminals and terrorists for police forces facing common threats. The MHA began to conceptualise a single all-India tracking system that would make sharing of information seamless and on a real time basis.The project gained considerable push after the terrorist attack on Mumbai on 26/11.

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the nodal agency for the CCTNS, will launch pilot phase in the three states.As the NCRB does not have requisite capability, Price Waterhouse Coopers will carry out the audit of the pilot phase. Other checks on safety and quality will also be carried out during the pilot phase.

Unhappy with the tardiness in the implementation of the mission mode project, especially after the 13/7 bombings in Mumbai, union home secretary RK Singh called a meeting of states police representatives for a review and asked them to fast-track the project. Ironically, despite being repeatedly targeted by terrorists, Maharashtra was found to be one of the laggards in implementing this project, top home ministry sources said.

Once implemented, the CCTNS will facilitate collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, transfer and sharing of data and information between police stations, their state headquarters, central police organisations and other security agencies.Information on any case, right from an offence being registered to its investigation and prosecution will be available on a secure network at the click of a button.

“Once activated fully in all the 14,000 plus police stations on December 31, it will make India at par with advanced countries like the US in tracking any case on a real time basis. Over 6,000 offices of senior police officials will be interconnected in the country through it,” an official told DNA.

Officials also say this will add to the National Intelligence Grid (Natgrid) making information held by 21 databases available to security agencies.This includes immigration records, airlines, mobile, bank and credit card transactions and travel details creating a maze of rich data that would enable 11 intelligence and investigation agencies to launch hot pursuit of a criminal.

The CCTNS also offers benefits for ordinary citizens. It is expected to simplify the process of registering and tracking petitions and First Information Report (FIR), giving access to general services such as requests for certificates, verifications and permission, registering grievances against police, tracking the progress of a case during trail and access to reports for stolen or recovered vehicles and property through a citizen interface.

[abhishek_sharma]

From the Urdu Press

Haren Pandya verdict

The Gujarat high court’s acquittal of the 12 accused in the Haren Pandya murder case has been welcomed, even lauded, in the Urdu press. Rashtriya Sahara, in its editorial on August 31, writes: “Even though the high court has held the accused guilty under Sections 307 and 120 (b), the comments made on the CBI’s working need consideration. The court has said that the CBI’s wide-ranging “theory” does not seem credible. Significantly, it held the investigating officers responsible for destroying the lives of so many people and wasting the government’s money in the process.”

White applauding the “honesty of the judiciary” in the Haren Pandya case, the daily Hamara Samaj, in its editorial on August 31, also refers to the verdict of Mumbai’s special court, holding the activists of Sanatan Sanstha and Hindu Jana Jagran Samiti guilty in the 2008 bomb blast case: “A message has gone to the people that it is wrong to make allegations against Muslims in every act (of terror).”

[Sachin]

Tracking terrorists and criminals is all set to get easier as the Union Home Ministry will launch its ambitious Rs 2000 crore-crime and criminal tracking system (CCTNS) as a pilot project from September 1 in Assam, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh.

Kerala Police had floated tenders to identify the SI (System Integrator and not Sub Inspector ) for this. The usual big players in IT were all there. Dont know which company got it. The previous Avatar - CIPA - seemed to be a dud, and did not take off. Let us hope that mistakes have been corrected in CCTNS.

[Vipul]

Maldivians in Kochi under scanner.

City has been becoming a home to lot of people from various parts of the country. But the presence of many Maldivians in the city has forced the Special Branch to conduct a thorough checking of the various pockets in the city where Maldivians have been found camping.
Though the city police have not come across any incidents of smuggling or anti-national activities involving Maldivians, they have launched the drive as part of a precautionary measure.

"We don't know why there has been a surge in the arrival of people from Maldives to the city. The special branch wing has been able to identify an area near Karugapilly in the city where large number of Maldivians has been staying," said M N Ramesh, city special branch assistant commissioner. The official said the police had conducted a preliminary enquiry to identify the reasons for the rise in arrival of Maldivians and it had been ascertained that these people were gradually moving out of Thiruvananthapuram,where they usually camp, due to various reasons.

Ramesh said that most of Maldivians staying in the city have been making use of a loop hole in the visa rules to stay permanently in the city. "According to the rules, people from Maldives can stay in India continuously for 90 days without visa. What they usually do is to leave India on the 89th day and return the next day. They keep on doing this to stay permanently in India," the official said."Most of them come to Kochi for business purpose. We intercepted a couple of Maldivians on suspicion and found that they were carrying large quantity of spare parts of various vehicles.

They brought the spare parts from various shops in Kochi," said the sources in the state police.

The sources added that they would be coordinating with the immigration wing of airports in the state, mainly Thiruvananthapuram, to ascertain the exact number of Maldivians landing in the state.

[abhishek_sharma]

Don’t hang Rajiv killers, says Mani Shankar Aiyar

[Pranav]

Don’t hang Rajiv killers, says Mani Shankar Aiyar

Could he be batting for implementation of a promise made by Priyanka to Nalini, wife of Murugan?

[Pranav]

Addressing media, Nalini's counsel P Pugalenthi also alleged that the jail authorities are violating prison manual rules.

Pugalenthi complained that Nalini is also being prevented from communicating with the outside world.

In her letter, Nalini said the jail authorities are preventing other prisoners from interacting with her.

http://news.oneindia.in/2010/06/13/raji ... lauth.html

[Pranav]

Re MK Narayanan

'India was never serious about Headley extradition'

NEW DELHI: In December 2009, national security adviser M K Narayanan had told then US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer that New Delhi's demand for extraditing Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley was mere posturing to mislead the Indian public, and the government was not seeking his extradition "at this time".

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 853260.cms

Narayanan joked about defecting to the US - http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news ... US/841003/

(IMHO such "jokes" tend to have an element of serious intent ....)

Narayanan's role in the Rajiv assassination:

The Verma Commission, probing the security lapse, held two officials responsible. Former IB chief M.K. Narayanan, and former home secretary R.K. Bhargava ... infighting in the Congress became particularly virulent, with Sonia loyalists demanding a quick end to the ongoing probe ... Many believe the Verma panel was just not given all the papers required for conducting its probe. The result: some crucial elements like the role of Tamil Nadu police and local Congress activists had been left out.


http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?202661

It certainly looks like some of our top officials are far more idiotic than Gaddhafi ...

[Pranav]

Don’t hang Rajiv killers, says Mani Shankar Aiyar

They should be spared provided they expose the role of Indian politicians in the assassination.

[chaanakya]

If I can trust my understanding, current political protest in support of LTTE cadres has nothing to do with Tamil race or sentiment. It all in utilizing an event to gain political mileage.

Of course, political mileage, Kanson. There is no doubt at that. When have political parties not utilised any incident otherwise ? But, here, the political mileage will be attempted to be created in multiple ways. One of them is to use 'Tamil sentiments'. Even the TN Assembly resolution used words to that effect. Those who now praise the TN CM say that she has ensured that Tamil pride has been saved etc. DMK, especially Karunanidhi, used to ridicule MG Ramachandran (MGR) as a Malayalee and tease Tamilians as shameless for allowing a non-Tamil to rule them though MGR's popularity among the masses was such that Mr. Karunanidhi could come nowhere near him. The narrative in TN is based on exploiting vigorously the natural ethno-linguistic-religious differences and stoking a fear of Tamils being overrun by 'others'. For those who propound this narrative, LTTE has come very handy. The fact that the LTTE killed 19 Srilankan Tamils in broad daylight in Chennai two decades back, and then went on a killing spree for two decades eliminating many other Tamil voices in Sri Lanka does not matter. Any criticism of LTTE is propagated by some of these political parties as anti-Tamil in TN and the myth that is being created is that the LTTE was (is) the only organization that protected the interests of the Sri Lankan Tamils and that LTTE can do no wrong. Do you see a parallel to the Taliban ?

So true

In fact LTTE had been instrumental in eliminating many genuine leadership among SriLankan Tamil Parties just to gain monopoly over the voices of SL Tamils. It had no qualms in eliminating Tamils who dissented with them or their methods. It had no qualms in using them as human shields and using girls and children as Suicide bombers.

See the list of SL Tamil leaders killed here though I believe many of them don't figure here.

[SSridhar]

Don’t hang Rajiv killers, says Mani Shankar Aiyar

Could he be batting for implementation of a promise made by Priyanka to Nalini, wife of Murugan?

For Rajiv Gandhi and his wife and children, MSA has been family. Anything that comes from him may possibly be taken as reflecting their thinking. MSA apprehends danger to the lives of VVIPs if these three terrorists are released which means he sees no possibility of reformation in them. Yet, this 'reformation' is exactly what Mr. Karunanidhi, the Congress ally, claims as the reason for their release. Vaiko goes one step further and claims the three are all innocents. In the competitive politics of TN, one needs to outdo the other howsoever ridiculous it is. Everyone has to exhibit 'Tamilness' in him/her.

I see possibilities of these three being released in a few years on the eve of the birthday celebration of one of the 'Tamil Leaders'. They have escaped the noose. MSA must watch out for having branded their release as a security risk. After all, MSA is not a Tamil in true sense, and an Ayyar to boot howsoever much he vigorously describes himself as a 'secular fundamentalist'.