Kapur Commission
The Kapur Commission was a commission of inquiry by the Government of India, into the murder conspiracy of Mahatma Gandhi.
Kapur Commission
The release of the conspirators in the
- whether any persons, in particular, Gajanan Vishwanath Ketkar, of Poona, had prior information of the conspiracy of Nathuram Godse and others to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi;
- whether any of such persons had communicated the said information to any authorities of the Government of India; in particular, whether the Gajanan Viswanath Ketkar had conveyed the said information to the late Bal Gangadhar Kher, through the late Balukaka Kanetkar;
- if so, what action was taken by the Government of Bal Gangadhar Kher, and the Government of India on the basis of the said information.
The commission took three years to complete its work. It strongly indicted those responsible for Gandhi's security with negligence. It was provided with statements recorded by
Events leading to its formation
On 12 November 1964, a religious programme was organized in Pune, to celebrate the release of the
Working
Justice Jivanlal Kapur was appointed as a one-man Commission to conduct inquiry into the conspiracy to murder
Findings
The commission pointed out various lapses and flaws on part of the
The anxiety of the officialdom in New Delhi, to take any intelligent interest in the investigation in the bomb case is not indicated by any tangible evidence[4] on the investigation in Mumbai the commission observed
After the murder the police suddenly woke up into diligent activity throughout India, of which there was no evidence before the tragedy[4]
According to Noorani, the Kapur Commission was provided with evidence not produced in the court; especially the testimony of two of Savarkar's close aides - Appa Ramachandra Kasar, his bodyguard, and Gajanan Vishnu Damle, his secretary. The court had earlier exonerated Savarkar for want of corroborative evidence in support of the approver’s confession. However, Justice Kapur's findings are all too clear. He concluded: "All these facts taken together were destructive of any theory other than the conspiracy to murder by Savarkar and his group."[5]
References
- ^ Saha, Abhishek (28 March 2017). "The politics of an assassination: Who killed Gandhi and why?". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ a b Kapur, J. L. (1969). Report of Commission of Inquiry into Conspiracy to Murder Mahatma Gandhi. Government of India.
- ^ "Interview: K. Ketkar". University of Cambridge, Centre of South Asian Studies. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ ISBN 81-7099-037-8.
- ^ Noorani, A. G. (15–28 March 2003). "Savarkar and Gandhi". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 August 2009.