The Last Pathway of "Indira Gandhi"
Date Taken: 21 Aug 2011
Place: Indira Gandhi Memorial, Delhi, India.
At about 9.20 am on October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi was on her way to be interviewed by the British actor Peter Ustinov, who was filming a documentary for Irish television. She was walking through the garden of the Prime Minister's Residence, as she passed a wicket gate guarded by Satwant Singh and Beant Singh,
they opened fire. Beant Singh fired three rounds into her from his
side-arm, and Satwant Singh then fired 30 rounds from his sten gun into
her prostrate body. Beant Singh was shot dead by other bodyguards at the
scene of the assassination. Satwant Singh was arrested by Gandhi's
other bodyguards.
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