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`No indefinite time for probe against alleged accomplices of Rajiv killers' While staying the High Court judgment ordering the deportation of the two Sri Lankan Tamils, the court had asked Solicitor-General G.E. Vahanvati to inform it about the progress of the investigation

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a special leave petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation against a Madras High Court judgment ordering the deportation of two Sri Lankan Tamils alleged to be close associates of the killers of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who are kept in the special camp at Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu.

A Bench of Justice Ashok Bhan and Justice S.B. Sinha, while staying the operation of the High Court judgment on July 18, had asked Solicitor-General G.E. Vahanvati to inform the court about the progress of the investigation against the two Sri Lankans. The court had made it clear that it could not give indefinite time for completion of the probe.

The Solicitor-General told the court that the Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency could not give any definite time frame for completion of the probe. He said the Sri Lankan authorities had not furnished details about the antecedents of the two Sri Lankan Tamils — Vasanthan and Lingam.

In the light of this submission, the Bench dismissed the SLP but gave liberty to the CBI to complete the probe in respect of others.

In its SLP against the April 25 order of the High Court, the CBI stated that investigation showed both Lingam and Vasanthan were closely associated with the LTTE and had played an important role in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.

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