SC to ED: Why no action taken in Rajiv Gandhi's murder case

The Supreme Court asked Enforcement Direct(ed) ‘why no action has been taken against controversial godman Chandra Swami when the government suspected that he had financed LTTE’s involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi?’ A vacation bench comprising Justices V S Sirpurkar and R M Lodha put the query to ED council Wasim Ahmed Kadri when he alleged that Chandra Swami was also suspected to have funded the killers of the former premier. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a women suicide bomber of the LTTE on May 21, 1991, in Tamil Nadu. ED has come in appeal against the High Court order permitting Nemi Chand Jain alias Chandra Swami to go abroad. Chandra Swami is facing allegations of sending about Rs 9.4 crore through Hawala channels. According to senior council Mukul Rohatagi appearing for Chandra Swami, the allegations against his client was totally false. The apex court adjourned till May 28 the hearing of the appeal of ED which is pleading with the apex court. Chandra Swami has in very close to a large number of top politicians in the country, including two late PM’s P V Narsimbha Rao and Chandrashekhar. Chandrashekhar was the PM of the country when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated. Late LTTE Chief Prabhakaran was the main suspect in the conspiracy which culminated into the murder of Rajiv Gandhi.