'Britain ordered assassination of Netaji'
The British Foreign Office had in March 1941 ordered the assassination of freedom revolutionary Subhash Chandra Bose after his escape from house arrest in Kolkata, an Irish scholar said.
Eunan O'Halpin of Trinity College, Dublin, made the stunning revelation on Sunday evening while delivering the Sisir Kumar Bose lecture at the Netaji Research Bureau.
A history professor, O'Halpin said the British Special Operation Executive's plan to assassinate Bose, popularly known as "Netaji" (the leader), on his way to Germany was foiled as he changed his route and went via Russia.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. O'Halpin said he had handed over the classified documents backing this to Krishna Bose, a former MP and wife of Netaji's nephew Sisir Bose who drove him out of Kolkata on the wintry night of January 17, 1941 in secrecy.
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