Justice Vishnu Sahai Commission Report - Part 2
Evidence of Ashok Tandon
In 1985 Ashok Tandon was the Editor of a local Hindi newspaper. On 18 Sep, 1985 he received news that an unknown saint who was living in Ram Bhawan had died and was secretly cremated at Guptar Ghat and till his cremation people were not allowed to see his face. They thought that he was Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. He did not believe the news and asked his correspondent not to publish it but in view of the information which he started getting, he started investigating about the identity of the unknown saint and in due course reached the conclusion that he was Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. He published his conclusion in an elaborate write-up dated 28 October. On the said date, the City Magistrate in the presence of some people (including him) opened the lock of the room in Ram Bhawan in which the belongings…