The first information report (FIR) of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, which has been lying at a police station in the Indian capital for 60 years, has got a new lease of life.
The FIR copy has been translated into Hindi and stored in computer records to maintain its longevity even though the original written in Urdu is now laminated and lies in the dusty racks of the Tuglak Road police station.
Senior Delhi Police official Rajan Bhagat said FIR records concerning Mahatma Gandhi's assassination had been preserved in their software records to maintain longevity.
"Although we have a laminated copy of an FIR, we still cannot ignore the fact that these papers have to be preserved for the future," Bhagat told IANS.
Gandhi was assassinated on Jan 30, 1948, at Birla House here. He was shot at point blank range by Nathuram Godse, a political activist from the Hindu Mahasabha.
The case was reported at the Tughlak Road police station by one Nand Lal Mehta, a resident of Connaught Place.
For a long time, the government had felt the need to secure the FIR document of Gandhi's assassination. Interestingly, the central government has requested Delhi Police to hand over the original FIR to the National Archives.
"Gandhi was someone whom the world knows and admires. He is a figure of historical importance and a world leader. Therefore, we are keen to keep the original, " said a senior official of the culture ministry.
Raghunath Meena, deputy director (records) at the National Archives, said the organisation was yet to receive the original FIR relating to Gandhi's assassination.
Indo-Asian News Service
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