Dear editor,

Jai Hind! I would like to say that none of the soldiers believed that Netaji died on the date announced by the Japanese. The announcement of the crash came after a couple of days when according to the announcement the crash had taken place on August 18. Thus, the disbelief that the Netaji did not die in the crash.

But there is no further clue as to where he went and how and when did he die after that date.

The commissions set up to investigate the issue of Netaji's 'death' are bogus. It has been 56 years now. The government has not been able to find out anything. I do not think that the Mukherjee Commissions probe will yield any result.

regards,
Lt. Suraj Prakash Sharma
(Lt. S.P Sharma served as 2nd lieutenant, Punjab regiment in the Armoured Fighting Vehicles(AFU) battalion and fought on the battlefront in 1944-45)

I believe Netaji died in the air-crash. If he was alive, he would have sent a message. He was not the kind of person to stay in hiding. His motto: what has to be done shall be done.

Setting up the two commissions was just a waste of money. What they came up with is for all to see. If the government wanted to investigate really, it would have done so. Even the present commission, the Mukherjee Commission will not yield anything.

I do not know why the the government of India did not make an effort to bring back the ashes. What is the technical hitch, what is their internal desire, I do not know.

I only speak what is present before me. If Netaji did not speak all these years, then he is not alive.

regards,
Lt. Harbans Singh
(Lt. Harbans Singh served as an electrical engineer and commanded the base workshop in the Azad Hind Fauj . He fought on the Kohima front in 1944-1945)