Documents show larger conspiracy behind Gandhi's murder, SC told


New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS): Pankaj Phadnis, who has sought the reopening of a probe into the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, on Monday told the Supreme Court that he has accessed documents that show a "larger conspiracy" behind the murder.

Mumbai-based Phadnis told the bench of Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice L. Nageswara Rao that he has obtained documents, which the Indian government had banned here, from the Library of Congress in New York and sought permission to file them.

"The documents show larger conspiracy behind the murder of Mahatma Gandhi. The Government of India had banned these documents in India. I got it from Library of Congress, New York, and it's in a sealed cover," he said.

Phadnis -- a researcher and a trustee of Abhinav Bharat, a right wing organisation -- said he has filed a plea in the Bombay High Court for lifting the ban on the documents.

The bench asked him to file an application before the court giving details of the documents he wanted to file.

The court then posted the matter for hearing on March 6.

During the hearing, Phadnis also told the court that he has sought opinion from a senior attorney in New York, who has 40 years of experience, and as per him forensic technologies were available to examine old documents like a photograph of Gandhi, published in a newspaper on January 31, 1948 which shows four wounds on his body.

The court was hearing the plea which seeks reopening of the investigation on several grounds, claiming it was one of the biggest cover-ups in history.

The court had earlier asked Phadnis to satisfy it on the aspects of delay and his locus to raise this issue. The bench had made it clear that it would go only by law and not the stature of the person involved in the case.

Senior advocate Amarendra Sharan, appointed amicus curiae to assist the court in the case, had said that there was no need to re-investigate it as the conspiracy behind the murder and identity of assailant Nathuram Vinayak Godse, who had fired the bullets, have already been duly established.

  

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Bengaluru/Katapadi

    Tue, Feb 20 2018

    Seems to be wasting time of the court on investigating the history when so many important cases are pending for decisions

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  • Kudla, Mangalore

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    All he is asking as citizen of India is to declassify the documents. What is wrong with that? Let the document prove that godse killed Gandhi... Everyone will know the truth. There will be full stop to this episode. Isn't it our history.. So that the real face of RSS also will be known to the world... Let them declassify
    Let them declassify the documents of Subhas Chandra Bose as well... Let the world know the truth..
    There is good chance that Nehru can come clean in both episodes and world will know that Nehruji was a great soul and was a true janasevak.

    Jai hind
    All is well

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  • D.Shetty, Mangalore

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    Partition was not just to keep two religion people in separate state it was big conspiracy of power. There is indeed of suspicion over killing of mahatma and classifying the entire prosecution of godse..Govt should declassify those file so everyone know the truth.
    Godse relative had filled a request with the court on declassifying the court proceedings on why godhse killed Gandhi ..hope truth will prevail

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  • Kevin, Mangalore

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    Phadnis is attempting to exonerate Godse and Savarkar for the murder of Mohandas Gandhi.

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    Do not go after the history and waste time.
    Contentrate on what is happening at the present time. Curruption, fraud and loot mar every where. Is our government is function or destroying India's economy ?

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    BJP/Sangh Parivar's diversionary tactics to deflect the attention from Rafale Scam , NiMo -NamO scam

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  • praveen, mangalore

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    History cannot be re written

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  • Rita, Germany

    Tue, Feb 20 2018

    Praveen mangalore,sure history cant be re written,but it can be setright which in past not correct was.World and our children/and grandchildren should at last know the trueth.Otherwise it will be exactly happens what in past few years happens,a temple for his murderer and honour.No true Indian will accept it.

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  • Beowulf, Mangalore

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    Ghandhi wasnt that great as he is made out to be. It would have been better if or currency notes had faces of different freedom fighters instead of one face face hogging the limelight.

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  • Ivar, Mangalore

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    if he was not made out to be such a great person, one Party would have had the reigns of India generation after generation.

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  • common man, Mangalore

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    Why congress did not ban RSS after father of our nation killed by a person who is affiliated to this organisation?

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  • Ivar, Mangalore

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    Can you call whole of the Congress as dumb because one in top is so?

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  • Jenifer, Mangalore

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    Somebody has conspiracy to loot taxpayers money as Jootely did over Boforce.

    In the end, the Mahatma will remain assassinated, nobody can bring the great soul back.

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  • geoffrey, hat hill

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    Attempts to divert public focus from Rafale, NiMo etc..and if there's a larger conspiracy it'll be about who motivated Godse and who'm did he meet with before going for the kill and when the truth surfaces again, everything will be swept under the carpet as usual.

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  • Ivar, Mangalore

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    Every Indian has the right to know the truth.

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  • Nagesh, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    So why not take him to your home and know the truth, Modi as no interest.. Beside that Judges can do their pending work.

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  • peacelover, India

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    You are right! Every Indian has right to know the truth and also every Indian has right to know why a plane costing 500 crores purchased for 1650 crores, three times more than the cost of plane. Also every Indian want to know how Jay Shah's wealth multiplied 16000 times in one year. There are so many unanswered questions, and the nation want to know !

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  • Nagesh, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    peacelover, India... I agree with you in this case, why a plane costing 500 crores purchased for 1650 crores, three times more than the cost of a plane and why the manufacturing deal was taken away from HAL Bengaluru and manufacturing deal is given to Ambani while they have no knowledge of producing and Also every Indian want to know how Jay Shah's wealth multiplied 16000 times in one year. Here it is a case of fraud one fine morning we will read in the news that Jay also as run away with all our money.

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  • Sudheer Shetty, Udupi

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    Pankaj Phadnis, Who are you? We have a feeling that you are trying to divert our countries real issues, court as better job to do and the court should focus on the pending case solve them as soon as possible.

    Father of nation is already in haven so let him be in peace, beside that there is no more respect for him in India while he is been respected by other countries. Modi has put our father of nation down by degrading him in many ways.

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  • Hussain, Abu Dhabi

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    Desperate attempt made to wash the stain out of NATURAM GODSE !! They know this is the Golden time to fulfill it !!

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  • st, mlr

    Mon, Feb 19 2018

    documents must be claiming Nehru killed Gandhi !!

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