New Delhi — India’s top court on Thursday blocked the release of three of former premier Rajiv Gandhi’s killers after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh denounced their freeing as against all principles of justice.They were among seven Tamil extremists who had been due to walk free from prison by this weekend after the chief minister of Tamil Nadu state on Wednesday ordered their release, sparking political uproar.Announcing legal action against the move, Singh staunchly rejected any right to freedom, saying Gandhi’s 1991 assassination by a female suicide bomber was an attack on the nation’s soul.
India’s top court halts release of Rajiv Gandhi killers
Agence France Presse (AFP) quoted Gateway House Director Neelam Deo in a report on the Supreme Court's decision to halt the release of the three men sentenced to death for killing former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi