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| Rajiv Gandhi murder: India court suspends plotters' release | Rajiv Gandhi murder: India court suspends plotters' release |
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| India's Supreme Court has put on hold the release of three of the seven people convicted of involvement in the murder of former PM Rajiv Gandhi. | India's Supreme Court has put on hold the release of three of the seven people convicted of involvement in the murder of former PM Rajiv Gandhi. |
| The chief minister of Tamil Nadu state, where the plotters are held, ordered the release of all seven on Wednesday. | The chief minister of Tamil Nadu state, where the plotters are held, ordered the release of all seven on Wednesday. |
| But India's central government promptly mounted a legal challenge against that order. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said it was "not legally tenable". | But India's central government promptly mounted a legal challenge against that order. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said it was "not legally tenable". |
| The six men and a woman were members of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebel group. | The six men and a woman were members of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebel group. |
| Earlier reports had incorrectly suggested the court was staying the release of all seven. | |
| The three prisoners whose release has been halted are the men whose death sentences were commuted earlier this week - known as Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan. They have been in jail for more than 20 years and on death row since 1998. | |
| The court cited apparent "procedural lapses" by the Tamil Nadu government in ordering their release. The next hearing is on 6 March. | |
| Reports say there is nothing to prevent the Tamil Nadu government from releasing the other four prisoners as planned. |