About the Book: Your Prime Minister Is Dead
When Lalita Shastri saw her husbands body, it did not appear he had been dead
only a few hours. His face was dark bluish and swollen. The body was bloated and
it bore strange cut marks. The sheets, pillows and the clothes were all soaked
in blood. As the family members raised doubts, suddenly sandal paste was smeared
on Lal Bahadur Shastris face. And yet, the controversy whether or not Indias
second prime ministers death was really due to a heart attack, couldnt be
contained. Allegations of the KGBs, the CIAs or an insiders hand in the death