On May 21, 1991, Rajiv Gandhi, who was on an election campaign was assassinated by a female human bomb at Sri-perum-poothoor in Tamil Nadu.
After killing a group of Eezham Tamils suspected as accomplices in a police round up in Karnataka, the Indian authorities further accused 26 persons, 13 Eezham Tamils and 13 Tamil Nadu Tamils and charges were filed under the notorious Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA).
In 1995, the Indian authorities withdrew the TADA legislation, following criticism from human rights organisations, but the trials of those accused and their appeals continued under TADA.
A special court sentenced all the 26 to death in January 1998 and blamed that the LTTE was responsible for the assassination.
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