The State government on Monday urged the Madras High Court to issue a direction to the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO), functioning under the Union Home Ministry, to expedite the process of deporting former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts Sriharan, alias Murugan, Robert Payas, and Jayakumar, to their motherland Sri Lanka.
Appearing before a Division Bench of Justices R. Suresh Kumar and K. Kumaresh Babu, Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) R. Muniyapparaj said the mortal remains of the released convict Santhan, alias T. Suthenthirarajah, who died at a government hospital in Chennai on February 28, were flown to Sri Lanka on March 1 as directed by the High Court on February 29.
