Credit: Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report / U.S. Library of CongressPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListen1 Safdarjung Road, New Delhi, India · 1984
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was shot dead by two of her own bodyguards at her New Delhi residence on 31 October 1984, months after she ordered a military operation against Sikh militants at the Golden Temple. Her assassination triggered widespread anti-Sikh violence across India.
Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenRestaurant near Qutub Minar, Mehrauli, New Delhi · 1990s
Model Jessica Lal was shot dead at a crowded Delhi party in 1999; after a controversial 2006 acquittal sparked national outrage, an appeals court convicted Manu Sharma of her murder and he was sentenced to life imprisonment, a sentence upheld by the Supreme Court in 2010.
Credit: Pulakit SinghCC BY-SA 4.0SourceUNSOLVEDListenJawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India · 2016
Najeeb Ahmed, a first-year JNU student, vanished from his hostel on 15 October 2016, a day after an alleged assault by nine ABVP members; despite multiple investigative agencies, he has never been found.
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Indira Gandhi — Credit: Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report / U.S. Library of CongressPublic domainSource
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