Book On Rajiv’s Assassination Stirs Conspiracy

Conspiracy to Kill Rajiv Gandhi: From the CBI Files, a book written by former chief investigator of Central Bureau of Investigation Mr. K Ragothaman, points a finger at the possible role of MDMK leader Vaiko, then a DMK top gun. Ragothaman mentions how earlier in the day Gandhi was assassinated, several DMK meetings were ‘abruptly cancelled’ and DMK supporters, uncharacteristically, stayed away from all public meetings. The book also says that while the CBI had started a preliminary inquiry in which MK Narayanan, West Bengal Governor and former Intelligence Bureau director, was named a suspect in hiding evidence, the case was buried by the then CBI chief. The video, which was reportedly shot just a few hours before Gandhi was killed at Sriperumbudur in 1991, was never shared by then IB chief Narayanan with the CBI to expedite the probe. Reportedly, Narayanan also wrote a ‘secret letter’ to then PM Chandrashekhar apprising him of the existence of the video.