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Sunday, January 6, 2013

Assassination attempt on rajiv gandh-i (Live footage) - Singh Soorma Bhai Karamjit Singh

Assassination attempt on rajiv gandh-i (Live footage) - Singh Soorma Bhai Karamjit Singh Tube. Duration : 1.55 Mins.


2nd October 1986 marks the day when Bhai Karamjit Singh Ji very nearly assassinated rajiv gandh-i; the son of indira gandh-i who had orchestrated the delhi 1984 massacre. Below is an extract from an interview with Bhai Karamjit Singh Ji: "I knew that killing the Prime Minister of the country wasn`t an easy task, considering the security around him. So, finally, it occurred to me that this plan might be executed on Gandhi Jayanti at the Rajghat- the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi. Now, the main problem was to get high-quality arms and ammunitions. Initially, I tried to get a superior-quality revolver from Punjab, but failed. I settled for a country-made revolver from Shriganganagar (Rajasthan) that cost me Rs 300. I was doing it with the utmost care and confidentiality, but the information was leaked by Punjabi arms suppliers to the police and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). The Prime Minister (Rajiv Gandhi) came to know that someone from Punjab might try to shoot at him on Gandhi Jayanti at Rajghat in New Delhi. So commandos were deployed at the Rajghat days before the program. I knew that the security would be tight. So, I made it a point to take my position inside Rajghat about 10 days in advance. I entered Rajghat on September 22 with 35 things necessary for the operation. I sat on an elevated platform at a height of about 10 feet from the ground behind the bushes. Adjacent to the platform, there was a honeybee hive. On the first night itself, there was a lot ...

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