Lalit Narayan Mishra murder mystery
remains unresolved even after 37 years.
He was Minister of Railways in the Government of India from (February 2, 1923 till
January 3, 1975). He was brought into politics by the first Chief Minister of Bihar, Sri Krishna Sinha, when he was made parliamentary
secretary at his insistence to the First Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1975, he died in a bomb blast at Samastipur. The probe into his death still
remains unresolved. The
case was also the first in the country to have been transferred outside the
state by the Supreme Court for fear of destruction of evidence. The trial
of the January 2, 1975 killing was transferred from Samastipur to Delhi in 1979
on an application moved by the then Attorney-General. The chargesheet was
filed against several people including advocate Ranjan Dwivedi and Sudevananda
Avadhuta. However, even after 33 years the case is yet to conclude in the Sessions
court.
The Government of India issued a postage stamp to commemorate
the 1st death anniversary on January 3, 1976..jpg)
