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New Accusations on Rajiv Gandhi Assassination
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India Abroad
06-23-1995
New Accusations on Rajiv Gandhi Assassination.
Mahant Sewa Das, president of a faction of the Akali Dal party, made startling disclosures before a commission headed by former Delhi High Court Chief Justice Milap Chand Jain, who is investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. While there is serious disbelief about the veracity of Sewa Das's disclosures, they have at least brought the 1991 killing of four years ag...
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