New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear in October a plea by one of the convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, regarding the status of probe by the CBI-led Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA) into conspiracy behind the murder.
The MDMA, set up in 1998, has been investigating the larger conspiracy behind Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination on the night of May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a woman suicide bomber, identified as Dhanu, at a poll rally.
Fourteen others, including Dhanu herself, were also killed in the blast.
Gandhi’s assassination was perhaps the first case of suicide bombing which had claimed the life of a high-profile leader.
The MDMA, which was established on the recommendations of Justice M C Jain Commission of Inquiry that had probed the conspiracy aspect of Gandhi’s assassination, is headed by a CBI official and comprises officers from IB, RAW and Revenue Intelligence and other agencies.
The matter on Friday came up for hearing before a bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha and K M Joseph.
“We will have to hear it,” the bench said, adding that the case would be listed for hearing in October. 45-year-old A G Perarivalan, who is serving life sentence, had earlier moved the apex court seeking suspension of his jail term till the completion of the probe by the MDMA. (PTI)
