CBI to question LTTE financier `KP` in Rajiv`s assassination

New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Initiating a fresh probe angle in
the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) is now preparing a questionnaire for
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) financier Kumaran
Padmanathan on the basis of decade-old findings of MDMA, which
has been investigating the conspiracy behind the former Prime
Minister's killing.

Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA), which has
been granted another extension by the government despite
noting for closure of this unit, has begun the work of
preparing questions that would be sent to Sri Lanka where
Padmanathan alias 'KP' is being questioned by the Lankan
security, official sources said.

Padmanathan, the alleged financier and a key accused in
the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, was arrested in a
Southeast Asian country and brought to Sri Lanka.

Declared as one of the most-wanted terrorists by
Interpol, he is suspected to be a key person in LTTE's global
network for procuring weapons and other equipment.

Jane's Defence Intelligence Review, the premier
London-based defence magazine, had reported that the LTTE had
two international wings -- KP Department and Aiyanna Group --
that were engaged in global terrorist activities. (More) SKL