Deshpande, secretary, Hindu Mahasabha Bhawan, received a telegram: ‘Arriving Delhi arrange for defence.’ While the police and the nation were still gasping at the assassination of Gandhi, the Hindu Mahasabha was sheltering the conspirators. Perhaps all the actors did not anticipate so much information to come on record. But it is a little surprising that he was trying to save his friends and co-conspirators by pleading guilty. Nothing could reduce his determination to assassinate a man who, in his mind, was anti-national. Remember, Godse went to Birla House prepared to kill Gandhi and be killed either by the crowd or the state. Jaswant Singh noted, as mentioned earlier, with frustration, ‘I continued interrogating Godse accused at Parliamentary street police Station, but nothing useful was revealed.’ So far, Godse was sticking to his version that he had masterminded the assassination. On the third day, the interrogation started at around 1 p.m. On 2 February, the interrogation started at 10 a.m. Singh quizzed Godse for the first time on the afternoon of 1 February 1948 jointly with Kartar Singh and Mehta Bal Krishna, an inspector in the CID office. However, Godse did not crack, except for revealing that he came to Delhi with Apte. In this extract from their book The Murderer, the Monarch and the Fakir: A New Investigation of Mahatma Gandhi’s Assassination, Appu Esthose Suresh and Priyanka Kotamraju talk about the investigation that followed.Īs mentioned in an earlier chapter, post Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination DSP Jaswant Singh interrogated Godse for three consecutive days to confirm Savarkar’s role. Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in the Birla House compound in Delhi. Gun used by Nathuram Godse to kill Mahatma Gandhi January 30, 1948īy Appu Esthose Suresh and Priyanka Kotamraju
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