A chargesheet filed in court in the Indira Gandhi assassination case accuses Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, along with slain assassin Beant Singh, of having entered into a criminal conspiracy to kill Indira Gandhi for the Army action in the Golden Temple. The four accused, the chargesheet said, were Sikhs by faith and were expressing their sentiments openly, holding Indira Gandhi responsible for the action.

Srinagar Violence

A 24-year-old was killed and over 80 injured in violence, arson and bomb blasts here following the bandh called by secessionist groups to observe the first anniversary of the execution of terrorist Maqbool Butt. Police opened fire as mobs shouting anti-national slogans and asking shopkeepers to down their shutters set a police vehicle ablaze.

Governors’ Powers

The Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, is reportedly toying with bringing far-reaching legislative steps to give a cleaner image to political organisations in respect of their financial resources. He is also thinking of curtailing governors’ powers in the event of large-scale defections in states. As a follow-up of the Anti-Defection Bill, the Prime Minister feels that producing legislators before the governor to prove a majority should be scrapped.