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The Eighth Bullet
Mahatma Gandhi for many is an icon of peace and satyagraha. But an equal number probably believe he was a self-seeking hypocrite who played favourites and compromised India’s fortunes. The murder of India’s best-known son has never been adequately explained or investigated. On March 28, 2018, the Supreme Court of India dismissed a petition that sought reinvestigation of the circumstances surrounding the assassination,
“The High Court declined to entertain the petition and go into two questions raised i.e. whether the four bullets were fired as alleged and whether the Kapur Commission Report should be reopened after the period of 46 years…
While undoubtedly the nation has right to know the truth, such a right cannot be invoked where the truth is already well known merely because some academic research raises a different perspective in law… We are, therefore, not prepared to accept the fourth bullet theory propounded by the petitioner.”
A.K.Srikumar’s The Eighth Bullet tells the story of the mysterious bullet that may have martyred the Mahatma and where it might have come from. Was it a sexually frustrated grandniece, a woman who loved Netaji, or an unelected PM’s ambitious daughter? DSP Jaswant Singh aims to find out.
“The High Court declined to entertain the petition and go into two questions raised i.e. whether the four bullets were fired as alleged and whether the Kapur Commission Report should be reopened after the period of 46 years…
While undoubtedly the nation has right to know the truth, such a right cannot be invoked where the truth is already well known merely because some academic research raises a different perspective in law… We are, therefore, not prepared to accept the fourth bullet theory propounded by the petitioner.”
A.K.Srikumar’s The Eighth Bullet tells the story of the mysterious bullet that may have martyred the Mahatma and where it might have come from. Was it a sexually frustrated grandniece, a woman who loved Netaji, or an unelected PM’s ambitious daughter? DSP Jaswant Singh aims to find out.
259 pages, Paperback
Published October 8, 2024
About the author
A.K. Srikumar
14 books3 followersA.K. Srikumar is an Indian author who
was born in 1956. He has written two
novels and nine children's books. Five
of his children's books won awards
from the Children's Book Trust.
He lives with his wife and two children
in Delhi. His wife is also a writer. He is
employed in a bank.
was born in 1956. He has written two
novels and nine children's books. Five
of his children's books won awards
from the Children's Book Trust.
He lives with his wife and two children
in Delhi. His wife is also a writer. He is
employed in a bank.
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