Deputy commissioner of police Jamshed Nagarwala pursued
the conspirators with “promptitude
and precision”
Dhirendra K. Jha
These extracts from Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and his Idea of India by Dhirendra K. Jha are reprinted here with permission from the publishers, Penguin Random House.
Vinayak Savarkar’s (an accused in the conspiracy to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi) attitude was no different. Like Madhav Golwalkar (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s leader), he too grew frantic as soon as the fallout of the assassination became visible. Known for being protective of his reputation, the (Hindu) Mahasabha leader, now in his mid-60s, was equally prompt in deserting Nathuram Godse (Gandhi’s assassin) the moment mobs attacked his residence in the morning of January......