“Releasing the four foreign nationals who had committed the gruesome murder of the former prime minister of this country, along with 15 others-most of whom were police officers-in connivance with three Indian nationals, will set a very dangerous precedent and lead to international ramifications by other such criminals in the future,” the report filed on behalf of the Centre said. Advocate M Radhakrishnan, appearing for Nalini, submitted that the report of the Centre submitted in 2018 was in connection with a plea moved by another convict Perarivalan for reopening the case and cancelling his conviction. He submitted that the present case was on a different footing based on the resolution passed by the State Cabinet to release all the seven convicts on September 9, 2018. This meant that Nalini had been in illegal detention since then, he argued.