Perarivalan's statement in Rajiv case not recorded verbatim

“I always felt a little uneasy in Arivu's case. The confessional statement has not been appreciated the way it should have been appreciated,” he said.  

He added that wireless intercepts between key accused Sivarasan and LTTE leader ‘Pottu' Amman reveal that the former had not disclosed the plot to anyone.
Thiyagarajan said he made the latest revelations in “good conscience.”

“I thought it was my duty to get in touch with Arivu and his advocates and bring out the true import of the confessional statement so that if possible, even at this last minute, we can try and save a precious human life,” he said.

Earlier in February, former Supreme Court Judge K T Thomas who had confirmed the death sentence of the accused had said it would be “constitutionally incorrect” to hang them as the convicts have spent 22 years in jail without a “review” of their case.

V R Krishna Iyer, who heads PMADP, appealed in the documentary against executing anyone in this case, saying “whenever there is a suspicion, please don't execute.”