On 21st May 1991 , while campaigning in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber, Dhanu, an LTTE operative. The blast killed Gandhi and 14 others, including the photographer, whose camera survived, providing crucial evidence. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by LTTE member Dhanu in 1991. Dhanu wore a bomb disguised under a green salwar-kurta and denim vest. Supreme Court released all convicts involved in the assassination . Rajiv Gandhi , born August 20, 1944, was assassinated on May 2, 1991. (File Photo) India’s former ... Rajiv Gandhi was slain by a suicide bomber and was a prominent member of LTTE, an armed Tamil separatist group in Sri Lanka that was standing against the island’s government and was seeking a separate state for Sri Lankan Tamils. One month after the brutal assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi , the crack special investigation team (SIT) has managed to edge considerably closer to unravelling the complex plot behind the shocking crime that stunned the nation.
