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The report of Justice Mukehrjee Commission of Inquiry (JMCI), made public on May 17, 2006, is spread across three volumes covering over 600 pages. The bulk of the space is taken by status reports and exhibits which researchers will find interesting. The facts given are concise, to the point. Reproduced here are the main portions of the report, as contained in the volume 1.
If ... (evidence of the 'eyewitnesses' to Netaji's death) is accepted on its face value still, it must be said, definite findings about Netaji's death and his cremation can be arrived at if and when the evidence passes the two basic litmus tests of appreciation of evidence, namely, probability and the aphoristic saying 'Men may lie but circumstances do not.' Contents
Chapter 1: Preamble
Chapter 2: The Inquiry
(a) Preliminaries
(b) Its limitations and constraints
i) re: records/documents
ii) re: DNA test of the ashes
(c) Evidence gleaned/adduced - both oral and documentary
(d) Arguments
Chapter 3: Whether Netaji is dead or alive
Chapter 4: Different versions of Netaji's death
i) Death in the Red Fort
ii) Death in plane crash
iii) Death in Dehradun
iv) Death in Sheopurkalan
v) Death in Faizabad
Chapter 5: Conclusions
On a conspectus of all the facts and circumstances relevant to the above issues it stands established that emplaning at Saigon on August 17, 1945 Netaji succeeded in evading the Allied Forces and escaping out of their reach and as a camouflage thereof the entire make-believe story of the air crash, Netaji’s death therein and his cremation was engineered by the Japanese army authorities including the two doctors and Habibur Rahman and then aired on August 23, 1945.
Government of India's Action Taken Report
Latest development (2.2.2007): Rejection of JMCI report challenged in court
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