Oi Mahamanab Ase - The afterlife of Netaji Subhas - Beyond the concocted aircrash part 1
One may ask that what are the evidences that the aircrash was concocted. Let us try to summarize some of the eyewitness evidences without even getting into the Bhagwanji episode.
1) There are glaring anomalies in the documented witness account of the so called crash survivors including Habibur Rahman, the main witness. Some accounts say that the body was badly burnt and death was instantaneous, others say that the clothes were on fire and Netaji was brought to the hospital stark naked, still others say that only the shirt was removed. Some say that he died in the evening, some others put the time of death as midnight. Some say that the plane nosedived from 14000 feet, while others say that the height was only few hundred feet. Initial accounts say that he was brought to Tokyo in a coffin, while the more accepted version is he was treated in a military hospital in Taihoku and only his ashes were brought to Tokyo. Everybody said that he helped Netaji escape from the burning plane, contradicting every other person. Habibur Rahaman even gives a rather theatrical description of Netaji's last statements while as per doctor's evidence he was in a coma and was unable to speak. One doctor said that the heart was burnt severely. Another said that blood transfusion was done, while another said that no blood transfusion was done. There was no bed ticket in hospital, no medical record. Even the death certificate was issued in the name of Ichiro Okura, a Japanese soldier who died of heart attack and was born in 1900. No medical record kept by the process driven Japanese who otherwise had painstaking collected all the records for all soldiers hospitalized. It is quite evident that a plot and theme was given to all the actors and everybody formulated their own story without having the chance to reconcile the differences
2) No photograph of a face of the body available. The only photo is that of a covered body which can be of anybody's. Meticulous Japanese army did not take the photograph of the dead body, going against their own process and decorum, is hard to imagine. The photos of the air crash are simply engineered - the three photos are clearly of three different crashes. The wreckage in one photo is very near to the hills while the purported site of the so called air crash was far away from the hills. G.D Khosla, despite requests from Sunil Krishna Gupta and Samar Guha who accompanied him to the Taiwan, did not even bother to check the sites of the crash or talk to people. He was busy buying gifts for Indira Gandhi, on whom he had written a biography. Informal talks of Guha and Gupta with the people there revealed that there was no air crash on that date. Not a single newspaper report could be found of the crash - no documentary evidence at all
3) no record available of any air crash on that day - the logic that it was the end of 2nd world war and hence there was no document because of the chaotic situation is unbelievable. There are documents of all crashes, including one that happened a month later when the situation was even more chaotic. Taiwanese authorities followed an elaborate process of record keeping and every record was available during that period of every death and cremation, except that of Netaji or the other crash victims of that particular air crash
4) Hikari Kikan left telegrams on air crash to be intercepted by British intelligence in a place where they wanted British and Americans to find them out
5) No state honour was provided to a dignitary like Bose by the Japanese. Even though G.D Khosla spins a fairy tale that Subhas was a puppet and therefore Japanese did not respect him, the evidences are overwhelmingly contradictory which obviously Subhas hater G.D Khosla did not consider. Subhas was widely respected by all leaders of South Asia as per their own admissions and admiration for him. He was backed by none other than count Terauchi of Japanese army. He refused to meet the Japanese ambassador on grounds of some minor lapses - which the Japanese did not mind at all. Head Quarters in Tokyo had instructed Japanese army to consider Bose's orders as theirs. Even if we for argument's sake say that Japan ignored Netaji and therefore did not pay respect to him in his supposed last journey, how could they do the same to another of the greatest generals - General Shidei - head of their army in Manchuria who was in the same plane and who had died in the crash.
6) In the cremation certificate of Ichiro Okura the date is written as 22 Aug, while as per Habibur Rahman the cremation took place on 20th Aug. Either Habibur is lying or Ichiro Okura was not Netaji - belying the claim of the Japanese doctors and G.D Khosla
7) The news of the crash was made public 5 days after the crash, on Aug 23 - why? To ensure a safe passage to Manchuria. When Netaji had crossed over to the Russians the duty of Japan was over and they could publish his news of so called death in a so called aircrash. Shidei was guiding Netaji in Manchuria where they had hoped to bring about an agreement between the Russians and the Japanese when the former had invaded Japan at the end of world war 2. Russia was hell bent on taking revenge for their 1905 humiliation. It was necessary to prevent them from being vindictive. Subhas had already met Jacob Mallik in Tokyo and had secretly flown to Russia in Nov 1944 for making arrangements. He had also set up a provisional Azad Hind Government in Omsk
8) Netaji had 4 briefcases of gold - INA treasure with him. None of that was ever recovered from the crash site. If he was going to Japan and had planned to come back again, why carry such a heavy luggage of gold with him, unless he was planning to go and establish another army to continue with the fight elsewhere
9) In fact he had discussed the possibility of his going to Russia with the Japanese, a fact that was clearly ignored by Khosla commission
10) The aircrash story was not new, in fact in 1942 Reuters had published a news that Netaji and Rashbehari Bose perished in an aircrash near Tokyo, which was proved to be a fake news in just couple of days
The list could go on and Samar Guha has provided an even more exhaustive list of reasons. But lets come back to the main topic. Lets see who all had provided eye witness account of his being alive and which other evidences have been recovered to the same effect
1) There are glaring anomalies in the documented witness account of the so called crash survivors including Habibur Rahman, the main witness. Some accounts say that the body was badly burnt and death was instantaneous, others say that the clothes were on fire and Netaji was brought to the hospital stark naked, still others say that only the shirt was removed. Some say that he died in the evening, some others put the time of death as midnight. Some say that the plane nosedived from 14000 feet, while others say that the height was only few hundred feet. Initial accounts say that he was brought to Tokyo in a coffin, while the more accepted version is he was treated in a military hospital in Taihoku and only his ashes were brought to Tokyo. Everybody said that he helped Netaji escape from the burning plane, contradicting every other person. Habibur Rahaman even gives a rather theatrical description of Netaji's last statements while as per doctor's evidence he was in a coma and was unable to speak. One doctor said that the heart was burnt severely. Another said that blood transfusion was done, while another said that no blood transfusion was done. There was no bed ticket in hospital, no medical record. Even the death certificate was issued in the name of Ichiro Okura, a Japanese soldier who died of heart attack and was born in 1900. No medical record kept by the process driven Japanese who otherwise had painstaking collected all the records for all soldiers hospitalized. It is quite evident that a plot and theme was given to all the actors and everybody formulated their own story without having the chance to reconcile the differences
2) No photograph of a face of the body available. The only photo is that of a covered body which can be of anybody's. Meticulous Japanese army did not take the photograph of the dead body, going against their own process and decorum, is hard to imagine. The photos of the air crash are simply engineered - the three photos are clearly of three different crashes. The wreckage in one photo is very near to the hills while the purported site of the so called air crash was far away from the hills. G.D Khosla, despite requests from Sunil Krishna Gupta and Samar Guha who accompanied him to the Taiwan, did not even bother to check the sites of the crash or talk to people. He was busy buying gifts for Indira Gandhi, on whom he had written a biography. Informal talks of Guha and Gupta with the people there revealed that there was no air crash on that date. Not a single newspaper report could be found of the crash - no documentary evidence at all
3) no record available of any air crash on that day - the logic that it was the end of 2nd world war and hence there was no document because of the chaotic situation is unbelievable. There are documents of all crashes, including one that happened a month later when the situation was even more chaotic. Taiwanese authorities followed an elaborate process of record keeping and every record was available during that period of every death and cremation, except that of Netaji or the other crash victims of that particular air crash
4) Hikari Kikan left telegrams on air crash to be intercepted by British intelligence in a place where they wanted British and Americans to find them out
5) No state honour was provided to a dignitary like Bose by the Japanese. Even though G.D Khosla spins a fairy tale that Subhas was a puppet and therefore Japanese did not respect him, the evidences are overwhelmingly contradictory which obviously Subhas hater G.D Khosla did not consider. Subhas was widely respected by all leaders of South Asia as per their own admissions and admiration for him. He was backed by none other than count Terauchi of Japanese army. He refused to meet the Japanese ambassador on grounds of some minor lapses - which the Japanese did not mind at all. Head Quarters in Tokyo had instructed Japanese army to consider Bose's orders as theirs. Even if we for argument's sake say that Japan ignored Netaji and therefore did not pay respect to him in his supposed last journey, how could they do the same to another of the greatest generals - General Shidei - head of their army in Manchuria who was in the same plane and who had died in the crash.
6) In the cremation certificate of Ichiro Okura the date is written as 22 Aug, while as per Habibur Rahman the cremation took place on 20th Aug. Either Habibur is lying or Ichiro Okura was not Netaji - belying the claim of the Japanese doctors and G.D Khosla
7) The news of the crash was made public 5 days after the crash, on Aug 23 - why? To ensure a safe passage to Manchuria. When Netaji had crossed over to the Russians the duty of Japan was over and they could publish his news of so called death in a so called aircrash. Shidei was guiding Netaji in Manchuria where they had hoped to bring about an agreement between the Russians and the Japanese when the former had invaded Japan at the end of world war 2. Russia was hell bent on taking revenge for their 1905 humiliation. It was necessary to prevent them from being vindictive. Subhas had already met Jacob Mallik in Tokyo and had secretly flown to Russia in Nov 1944 for making arrangements. He had also set up a provisional Azad Hind Government in Omsk
8) Netaji had 4 briefcases of gold - INA treasure with him. None of that was ever recovered from the crash site. If he was going to Japan and had planned to come back again, why carry such a heavy luggage of gold with him, unless he was planning to go and establish another army to continue with the fight elsewhere
9) In fact he had discussed the possibility of his going to Russia with the Japanese, a fact that was clearly ignored by Khosla commission
10) The aircrash story was not new, in fact in 1942 Reuters had published a news that Netaji and Rashbehari Bose perished in an aircrash near Tokyo, which was proved to be a fake news in just couple of days
The list could go on and Samar Guha has provided an even more exhaustive list of reasons. But lets come back to the main topic. Lets see who all had provided eye witness account of his being alive and which other evidences have been recovered to the same effect
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