CBI denies suppression of evidence by IB chief in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
Chennai/New Delhi, Oct 30: The Central Bureau of Investigation today denied a media report quoting a former CBI officer has having said that a video showing Rajiv Gandhi's LTTE assassin Dhanu at the ill-fated Sriperumbudur
Chennai/New Delhi, Oct 30: The Central Bureau of Investigation today denied a media report quoting a former CBI officer has having said that a video showing Rajiv Gandhi's LTTE assassin Dhanu at the ill-fated Sriperumbudur meeting had been suppressed on orders from the then Intelligence Bureau chief M K Narayanan, now governor of West Bengal.
A CBI spokesman said in Delhi: "Regarding certain allegations in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case : CBI did a meticulous investigation which was praised by the Supreme Court, hence, the question of alleged suppression of evidence does not arise ."
The former CBI officer K Raghothaman, who probed the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has claimed that a video showing the assassin Dhanu at the public meeting at Sriperumbudur on the fateful day had been suppressed by then IB chief M K Narayanan.
A CBI spokesman said in Delhi: "Regarding certain allegations in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case : CBI did a meticulous investigation which was praised by the Supreme Court, hence, the question of alleged suppression of evidence does not arise ."
The former CBI officer K Raghothaman, who probed the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has claimed that a video showing the assassin Dhanu at the public meeting at Sriperumbudur on the fateful day had been suppressed by then IB chief M K Narayanan.