The case tumbled out after Saravanapavan approached the Madras high
court to erase certain adverse remarks on his travel documents, so that
he could travel hassle-free between India and Sri Lanka.
"He took his second year examinations 16 times," government advocates
told the court earlier this week. On paper, he is in the final year of
his MBBS course now. All these years, he kept filing petitions and
managed to extend his student visa, which is set to expire on Friday
(July 13). Saravanapavan has already left the country and is hopeful of
returning to complete the course after getting the visa extended, his
counsel said.
He was a prime accused in the Chennai airport bomb blast case of 1984
in which 33 people were killed. He was convicted and sentenced to life
imprisonment in 1987, only to be acquitted of all charges by the Madras
high court in April 2000. After his conviction, Saravanapavan came out
of jail on bail, returned to his country and joined the MBBS course in
1988 after coming to India on a student visa.
