Rahul Tripathi : New Delhi, Thu Nov 01
2012, 02:36 hrs
More
than 21 years after the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi,
officers of the CBI and Indian intelligence agencies recently visited Sri Lanka
and questioned former LTTE leader Selvarasa Pathmanathan, alias ‘KP’, in
connection with his suspected role in the crime.
The
CBI, as part of the Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA), is probing the
larger conspiracy in the case and was allowed to question KP for two days. The
LTTE’s former financier and ‘chief arms procurer’ was nabbed in Malaysia and
brought to Sri Lanka in 2009. He was in detention until October 17.
KP
apparently told the team about the planning behind Rajiv’s killing, sources
said. But he denied knowledge about the source of funds discovered by the CBI
in the case and said he was shuttling between Sri Lanka and Malaysia at that
time.
The
MDMA, however, suspects KP played a key role in the assassination and was aware
of the entire conspiracy. The officers have sought more information from
Malaysia and Sri Lanka after questioning KP.
MDMA
officials said KP now runs the North East Rehabilitation and Development
Organisation, which works for Tamils in Sri Lanka.
