From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thenmozhi Rajaratnam
Thenmozhi Rajaratnam
Sri Lankan Civil War sin, disguised with spectacles), Latha Kanan (A Congress
(1983–2009) volunteer), Sivarasan (The mastermind behind the at-
tack, posed as journalist)[2]
Background
Rajiv Gandhi garlanding crowd before explosion or
Sri Lanka · History of Sri Lanka assassination:[3]
Origins of the Civil War The assassin’s severed head after explosion:[4]
Origins of the Civil War · Sri Lankan Tamil national-
ism · Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism · Riots · Black July The assassination
Main phases Rajiv Gandhi was campaigning in Sriperumbudur for the
Eelam War I · Indian intervention · Eelam War II · Ee- upcoming parliamentary elections. The last time Rajiv
lam War III · Eelam War IV had been in power, his government was instrumental in
LTTE sending a peace keeping force into Sri Lanka to help en-
force a peace accord, which earned the ire of various
LTTE (Divisions) · Black Tigers · Attacks · Expulsion of
Tamil militant groups. The troops he had sent in 1987 had
Muslims · Suicide bombings
fought the Tamil separatist guerrillas.[citation needed].
Military of Sri Lanka Rajaratnam had the belt bomb with the explosive ma-
Military · Civilian attacks · Army · Navy · Air Force · Po- terial in her lower back region and the power pack, two
lice · Home Guards · LRRP · STF switches and the circuitry in front. One switch initiated
Major leaders the circuitry and the other activated the bomb. The ex-
plosive used was an RDX, about 10,000 steel balls of 2 mm
M. Rajapaksa · V. Prabhakaran · C. Kumaratunga · A.
diameter were embedded in the bomb. After garlanding
Balasingham · J. R. Jayewardene · Karuna
Rajiv, Rajaratnam evidently stooped to touch his feet and
Indian involvement activated the explosive. Rajiv might have tried to stop
Operation Poomalai · Indo-Sri Lanka Accord · Indian her; his face bore the impact of the blast.
Peace Keeping Force · Operation Pawan · Rajiv Gandhi · Seven years later in 1998, an Indian court convicted
RAW twenty-six people in the conspiracy to assassinate Rajiv.
Militant & paramilitary groups Upon appeal, the death sentence of only four of the
twenty-six people was upheld.
Tamil militant groups (List) · ENDLF · ENLF · EPDP ·
EPRLF · EROS · PLOTE · TELO · TMVP
Other See also
Battles · Casualties · War crimes · LLRC · State terror · • Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Human rights · Disappearances · Child soldiers · Assas- • List of assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War
sinations · Protests (Canada)
Thenmozhi "Gayatri" Rajaratnam (died 21 May 1991) was References
the assassin who killed Rajiv Gandhi, herself, and 14 oth- [1] "Killing Rajiv Gandhi: Dhanu’s sacrificial
ers in a suicide bombing on May 21, 1991, in the Indian metamorphosis in death". tandfonline.com. 2009.
town of Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, near Chennai. A http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/
member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil 19472490903387191. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
Tigers), Rajaratnam was also known as Gayatri and [2] http://brainiedeal2.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/
Dhanu.
Dhanu Her birth year has not been conclusively estab- op1.jpg?w=491&h=364
lished. It is alleged she was raped by a member of the In- [3] http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ilm-7liqP98/
dian Peace Keeping Force placed in Sri Lanka during the RpzydcWd-4I/AAAAAAAAAJM/NFu0LMSo9Gs/
26 year War between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan Armed s400/Rajiv_Sriperambadu008_3-20060627.jpg
Forces. Ironically Dhanu and Sivarasan - the key conspir- [4] http://www.sinhaya.com/rajiv.jpg
ator were among the militants trained by RAW.[1]
From left to right : Kokila Vani (Youth Congress
Worker), Thenmozhi Rajaratnam (Aka Dhanu, the assas-
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thenmozhi Rajaratnam
External links Alternative names
Short description
• Interim Report of the Jain Commission of Inquiry
into the Assassination of Shri Rajiv Gandhi Date of birth 1974
Place of birth
Persondata Date of death 21 May 1991
Name Rajaratnam, Thenmuli Place of death
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• Female suicide bombers
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• Sri Lankan female murderers
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• Assassins of heads of government
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