NewsA convict who has spent 26 years in jail for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi has requested the Supreme Court in India to reopen the case and cancel his conviction. This, after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said in court that it could not properly investigate the bomb that killed the former prime minister because it "got no help from Sri Lankan authorities, Indian media reported. The CBI told the top court that the conspiracy behind the bomb that killed Rajiv Gandhi could not be investigated as "Sri Lankan authorities were not cooperating". He had also told the top court that the person who made the bomb is in Sri Lanka and hadn't been questioned yet by investigators. That was changed to life term by the Supreme Court in 2014.

Source: Sunday Times January 24, 2018 07:52 UTC