Rajiv assassination:CBI yet to get LTTE chief's death document

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New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) Eight months into the death of
LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) chief V Prabhakaran,
the proclaimed offender in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case,
the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is yet to receive
his death certificate from Sri Lankan authorities.

According to information accessed under the Right to
Information Act, CBI said it was still awaiting the
certificate of Prabhakaran's death from the authorities in
that country.
The agency, in reply to an RTI query, said investigation
in the case is "still in progress".
Gandhi was assassinated in Sriperumbudur in the southern
state of Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991 during an election rally.
In reply to the RTI query, B N Mishra, Superintendent of
Police at the Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA)
(under the CBI to investigate the case) said, "the matter is
regularly being pursued through the diplomatic channel."
"Immediately after coming to know about the death of
Prabhakaran, the proclaimed offender in the case, CBI has
taken up the matter with authorities concerned in Sri Lanka
through diplomatic channels for supplying authenticated copy
of his death certificate, which is still awaited," the reply
read.
The CBI said "both the governments are regularly in touch
with each other for expediting enquiries into certain aspects
of the case pending with the Government of Sri Lanka." (MORE)
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