Santhan was lodged at the Special Camp in November 2022 after the Supreme Court ordered his release along with that of five others, including S Nalini and Murugan. Another convict, A G Perarivalan, was released in May 2022.
Chennai: S Santhan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case who was released by the Supreme Court, died here on Wednesday following a prolonged illness.
“Santhan passed away Wednesday morning,” a source in the RGGGH said. His lawyer said Santhan’s mortal remains will be flown to Sri Lanka after following due procedure.
Santhan was lodged at the Special Camp in November 2022 after the Supreme Court ordered his release along with that of five others, including S Nalini and Murugan. Another convict, A G Perarivalan, was released in May 2022.
Of the seven convicts, Santhan, Murugan, Robert Payas, and Jayakumar are from Sri Lanka while Nalini, Perarivalan, and Ravichandran are from India.
All the seven were sentenced to death along with 19 others in 1998 by a special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court in Poonamallee. However, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence to Nalini, Perarivalan, Santhan, and Murugan, but commuted the sentence to life in jail for Ravichandran, Robert Payas, and Jayakumar and released 19 others.