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Ichiro Okura's death passed as that of Subhas Bose'sPrevious page
...all the relevant documents which have been annexed hereto before unerringly lead to the irresistible conclusion that the death of Ichiro Okura owing to heart failure on August 19, 1945 and his cremation on August 22, 1945 on the basis of a permit issued on the previous day were passed of as those of Netaji. To put it conversely, none of the documents received by the Commission indicated -- much less proves -- that it was Netaji who died and was cremated utilising the name of Ichiro Okura. ...The very fact that the Japanese army authorities wanted to pass off the death and cremation of Ichiro Okura as those of Netaji is an eloquent proof of their ensuring Netaji's safe passage by creating a smokescreen.  Like his predecessors who visited Renkoji temple, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would not refer to the ashes as those of Netaji. His words were that he was happy to have visited the temple where the "smritiya" (memories) of Netaji are preserved, avoiding using "asthiya" (ashes).
It is obvious that reference to the name of Ichiro Okura and reliance upon the entries in the cremation record against the name which did not and could not by any stretch of imagination relate to Netaji (as discussed earlier) clearly indicate that the story of Netaji's death in the plane crash is untrue. The reason for restoring to such a camouflage by the army authorities is not far to seek. If the Japanese authorities wanted to create documentary evidence to make people in general, and the Allied Powers in particular, believed that Netaji had died in a plane crash the best course open to them would have been, if the story in respect of the plane crash was true, to avail of the documents relating to the death and cremation of the few other co-passengers of the ill-fated plane and to pass off the same as those of Netaji. To maintain secrecy. In that case, the date of death, the cause of death and nature of injuries would have been common with those of Netaji, thereby making the story of his death more probable and acceptable. This tell-tale circumstance not only supports the successful implementation of the escape plan but also negates the story of the air crash.
... Lest the identity of the dead body of Ichiro Okura should have been discovered by the Bureau people who were not likely to be party to the escape plan, the Japanese army officers restored to various precautionary measures at the time when the dead body of Ichiro Okura was brought to the Bureau for regulatory inspection.
... The very fact that the Japanese Buddhist custom, viz, preservation of the dead body for three days before cremation, which fits in the Ichiro Okura's death on the 19th and his cremation three days thereafter, i.e., on the 22nd, and picking up of bones from every portion of the body after the cremation and keeping the same with the ashes -- vide the evidence of Mr. Nagamoto -- was adhered to is another circumstance which indicates that the body cremated and the mortal remains taken there from were of Ichiro Okura and not Netaji.
... As regards the journey of the ashes collected by Habibur Rahman from the crematorium at Taipei to the Renkoji Temple in Japan the evidence is consistent and, therefore, needs no discussion. Since the ashes collected were of Ichiro Okura - not of Netaji - the only inference that can be drawn is that the ashes lying in that temple cannot be of Netaji. On the contrary, the presence of bones in the ashes ... is a circumstance which corroborates that those cannot but be of Ichiro Okura.
Post script: When I asked him (Col Habibur Rahman) "under whoes advice you had been to Tokyo to carry the ashes" he did not give me any reply. When I questioned him that he was hiding in Tokyo instead of trying to communicate the information of the death of one of the leading statesman of pour country, he remained mum; he did not give any answer. -- A Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre (CSDIC) officer who interrogated Rahman in 1945 narrating his experiences in 1972.
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