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C.I.C. (Figgess) Report
dated 29.9.1945
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C.S.D.I.C. Report No. 1156 dated 31.12.1945
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Before S.N. Khan Committee on 6.4.1956
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1. He revealed that he had no knowledge
of how Bose escaped or was removed
from the plane |
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1. On B. 1269's suggestion Bose changed
his course and moved towards the front etc. |
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1. Netaji turned towards me. I said "Please
get out through the front : there is no way in rear". (Aagay
say nikaleay peechay say rasta nahin hay)". |
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| 2. He stated that upon alighting from the
plane he noticed his own coat on fire. |
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2. B. 1269 wore knee-boots, serge breeches
and a serge tunic : his clothes were not
burnt at all. (He wears them now at CSDIC ( I ). |
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2. "My clothes did not catch fire". |
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| 3. He then saw "Bose lying by the
plane with his clothes on fire". |
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3. B. 1269 NOTICED Bose in a standing position
about 12 yards away with smoke coming from his garments. |
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3. Col. Habibur Rahman, Mr. Bose's aide
who had been accompanying him, sustained a severe injury and
Lt. Genl. Shidei killed instantly. Four Officers suffered serious
or otherwise minor injuries. |
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4. Rahman went to the aid of Bose and removed
his burning clothing
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4. Bose was endeavouring to remove his
clothes. |
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4. "I rushed and I experienced great
difficulty in unfastening his bush-shirt belt. His trousers
were not so much on fire and it was not necessary to take them
off". |
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| 5. He added that the seat Bose occupied
in the aircraft was beside a petrol tank and at the time of
the crash the tank exploded, spreading the burning fuel on Bose's
clothing. |
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5. B. 1269 stated that Bose's clothes may
have been drenched in petrol, as Bose sat under a petrol tank
in the plane |
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5. "There was more fire on bush-shirt.
All the same, his trousers had caught fire but my own impression
is that since he was sitting in a squatting way in the plane,
the petrol spread more on the upper portion of his Netaji's)
clothes and that is why the fire was more on the upper portion." |
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| 6. It was later determined that Bose received
serious injuries about the head and neck in addition to his
severe burns |
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6. Bose had sustained serious burns all
over his body and when he was laid on the ground B. 1269 noticed
2 or 3 fractures on the skull. |
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6. "I laid him down on the ground
and I noticed a very deep cut on his head probably on the left
side. His face had been scorched by heat and his hair also caught
fire…. |
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