MADRAS (PTI): The Indian Government is yet to make a formal request to the Sri Lankan government for the extradition of the Liberation Tigers of ‘Tamil’ Eelam (LTTE) leader,

V Prabakaran, the main accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case,

Indian high commissioner of Sa Lanka, N.NJha, in an informal chat with reporters at the as airport August4 said the External Affairs ministry had requested Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the assassination, to send officials to Colombo to work out the modalities for extradite Sort out the judicial procedures. The Sri Lankan government had asked India to make a formal request and “Delhi is yet to decide on this complex Matter,” Jha said.

Article extracted from this publication >> Aug 14, 1992