'Sanjay Gandhi was shot thrice during Emergency'

April 11, 2013 19:15

NDTV: In late August 1976, when India was under an Emergency that gave his mother Indira Gandhi absolute powers, Congress leader Sanjay Gandhi was shot at thrice by an "unknown assailant," according to a cable sent by US diplomats to Washington.

It was the third attempt to assassinate Mrs Gandhi's younger son, they reported. Mr Gandhi, then 30, was visiting Uttar Pradesh when the "well-planned assassination attempt" was made, the cable noted, and said he was "not critically injured." It credited the information to a clandestine source and said a high-powered rifle was used in the attack.

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