7.Unsolved mysteries- Shastri's and Bose's death: When Lal Bahadur Shastri's son demanded government to unravel the mystery surrounding his father's death via an RTI appeal, PM's office refused to make the information public on the context that it could ruin foreign relations and violate Parliamentary Privilege.
Similarly, Anuj Dhar of Delhi-based Mission Netaji requested documents and records that government held in its possession on the mysterious disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister replied “On verification of the classified files held by PMO, it is held that their disclosure will prejudicially affect relations with foreign countries.”
Therefore, it further shrouds the mystery surrounding their death, adding to the consistent and strong consensus that Shastri was killed and Bose never died in the plane crash of Taipei.
It compounds two theories that there were foreign forces at play who wanted them dead.
