Chennai (Tamil Nadu): Former CBI officer K Ragothaman, who was the Chief Investigating Officer in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, died in Chennai on Wednesday, police sources said.
The 76-year-old veteran was admitted to a hospital last week for Covid-19 treatment and breathed his last this morning, hospital sources said.
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Ragothaman was the CIO in the CBI's Special Investigation Team (SIT) that probed the killing of Rajiv Gandhi on May 21, 1991, at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai by a female suicide bomber at an election rally.
He had penned a few books, including one on the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
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Based on his experience as the Chief Investigating Officer, who had to register cases, in the CBI, he penned a book 'Rajiv Kolai Vazhakku' in Tamil, and the same was published as 'Conspiracy to Kill Rajiv Gandhi: From CBI Files' in English.
He had worked in various parts of India and has handled important and significant cases for the CBI which include anti-corruption, economic crimes, banking and the security fraud cell.
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He holds a Master's degree in Economics from Annamalai University. While studying at Annamalai University, he worked as an editor for the weekly magazine Annamalai News. He joined the CBI as a sub-inspector and underwent training for a year at the National Police Academy.
