DEHRA DUN: A group of citizens has urged the Union Government to find out the identity of a swami who lived and died at the Shaulmari Ashram on Rajpur Road here on April 10, 1977 as they feel he might have been Subash Chandra Bose.

Addressing newspersons here on Monday, Om Prakash Sharma, Rajendra Nath Sharma, Devendra Bhasin and B.S. Rawat said they were in possession of documents and knew some people close to the swami. They were sure that he was Netaji leading the life of a recluse.

"These people and the then District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police will be able to tell who the swami was as he was cremated with State honours in Rishikesh," they said.

Close aides

Several persons known to be close aides of Netaji like Uttam Chandra Malhotra and Ramani Ranjan Das were his frequent visitors of the swami, they added.

They wanted the Government or Parliament to order a probe into Netaji's whereabouts as suggested by the Mukherjee Commission. The Commission's report was rejected by the Government.

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