You had told me you were in Palghat when you were called to join the operation to arrest Rajiv Gandhi's assassins. Will you take us through what happened?
I was driving to Palghat and had just reached home. That was when I got a call from my commanding officer asking me to go and join the Special Investigation Team in Madras. I immediately went and joined the team.
The CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) conducted the investigation. Whenever there is an operation, that is, catching someone physically, we commandos do that. We were not involved in the investigation; we were involved only in the physical operation.
Once the SIT team tracked down Sivarasan in Bangalore, we commandos reached there, ready for the operation.
You knew Sivarasan and the others were inside that house?
Yes, but SIT chief (D R Karthikeyan) was in Hyderabad. He wanted to make it doubly sure about the operation. But as far as we were concerned, we felt there was no use in the operation if the surprise element was lost.
Photograph: A scene from the film Mission 90 Days.
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