Conspiracy to Kill Rajiv Gandhi from CBI Files

by K. Ragothaman

The gruesome assassination of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi on 21st May, 1991 was meticulously planned and flawlessly executed by hardcore cadres of LTTE. It was an unique and first of its kind murder plan wherein a human bomb, that too a lady, was used, killing not only Rajiv Gandhi, nine police officers and six other persons, but also causing grievous injury to more than fifty persons assembled at the election meeting to hear the views of Rajiv Gandhi. Due to the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, the nation suffered a great tragedy and the Lok Sabha Elections (1991) had to be postponed. The perpetrators of heinous crime, by assassinating Rajiv, directly interfered in our sovereign rights and caused disruptive activities in our democratic system. The method of assassination as well as the terrorist outfits involved therein remained a mystery for quite sometime. Theories after theories, news after news, were planted and disinformation campaigns floated by so-called Goebbels without any basis. The author, who was the chief investigating officer of the case in CBI, has deeply gone into the investigation in spite of having no clue to start with. Piece by piece, step by step evidences were collected and on the pug-marks, the culprits were apprehended and the main faces of the conspirators were unmasked. The author, in this book, has given detailed account of the investigation and also exposed the persons behind the disinformation campaign and revealed as to how the CBI investigation was derailed and many of the bureaucrats and political personalities were allowed to go scot free.

216 pages, Hardcover

Published January 31, 2013

Reviews

[Srinivasan Ganesan · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book was not a detailed account on the assassination as we expected.As the book was written by one of the investigation officer (there is a another book written by the C.B.I director who investigated ) there are lot of unanswered question and especially we can't even get the glimpse what happened behind the political curtains.Overall the book is a good entertainer but not a perfect reflection of history.Not even close.

[Thava Kumaran · Rating 5 out of 5]

ராஜிவ் காந்தியின் கொலைக்கு பிறகு நடந்த விசாரணை பற்றி பேசியிருக்கும் புத்தகம்..அதற்கு பின்னால் இருக்கும் சதிகள் மற்றும் மர்மங்களை பற்றி சொல்லாமல் போனது ஏமாற்றம் அளிக்கிறது.