SC orders release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Perarivalan after 31 yrs in jail

The Supreme Court today ordered the release of AG Perarivalan, one of the convicts in former PM Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai and AS Bopanna passed the order on Perarivalan's plea seeking the suspension of his life sentence. AG Perarivalan had been behind bars for around 31 years.