The Tamil Information Centre (TIC) urges the Indian authorities to show clemency for Murugan, Perarivalan and Santhan who are under sentence of death in the Rajiv Gandhi murder case. The TIC acknowledges that the assassination of former Prime Indian Minister Rajiv Gandhi was a grave crime, but strongly opposes the death penalty in all cases, without exception, regardless of the nature of the crime, the characteristics of the offender, or the method used by any state to end the life of the prisoner.