Claims Murder Of Gandhi Justified
I'ciM*ivc(l Mouday, 10.50 p.m. LOXDOX, Nov. 8. i ilic 05 war-old Bralimiu, Natlniram ; iisiy ak (iod.se, ronfVssed in a statemenl read in ("ourt today, that he murd*ic*d (faadlii, says Reuter's and tlie Assoeiat i-ii Press New Delhi corre-, SpUlldeiltS. Ile said: ''I had tio companicns in lli" a«-t and I alonc am responsible. I dcsiic no merry to be sliown to ine nor tl.at aiiyone beg t'or mercy 011 niy beha 1 i. ' ' llc is on trail tvith seven others ae-oii-i'd oi having assassinated Gandhi uinc nionths ago. Godse claimed that hi- a>-lion was luorally justilied and 1'iiiii i Tiiied : "If there is anv Court of jo-the beyond, niy act will "s,not be tai.i'ii as imjust. If devotion to ono's ry aiiiomits to sin, i have comiti i ! ! cd i hnf si ti . ' 5 >..dsc said he had nothing but reverf'ni • for Gandhi 's saintliness. "Before 3 liri-d tlie shots, 1 actually bowed to him in reverenre, ' 5 Godse said. Ile Jii-d beeaiise Gandhi 's policy and a'-tiuiis had brought ruin to millions of II indus. Gandhi 's policy of appeaseinmit to tlie Moslems resulted in the eiiiasculnl ion of tlie Hindu community and ihe vivisection of India. "The only (dieetive remedy to relieve the II indus from Moslem atrocities was to j'enio\ e Gandhi from this world.55
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 November 1948, Page 5
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