New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Former IPS officer Amod Kumar Kanth, who was part of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that probed the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has said that it was "perhaps the most critical and the most difficult case to investigate" and perhaps the most talked about case in India.

In an interview with ANI, Kanth said the case of the assassination of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was a "blind case" when the team began its investigations.

Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in May 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by an LTTE suicide bomber at an election rally. His assassination sent shock waves across the country.

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