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 “contrary to 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.
India’s top court halts release of Rajiv Gandhi killers
Dawn newspaper quoted Neelam Deo, Director of Gateway House in a report on the Supreme Couirt's decision to halt the release of three men convicted for former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assasination