(d) Who was going to take Bhagat Singh's body
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Explanation:
British had a plan named ‘Operation Trojan Horse’. As per this plan Bhagat Singh and his co conspirators were not hanged in the Lahore jail. They were hanged, but taken off the gallows in a semi conscious condition and secretly transported to Lahore Cantonment where a death squad comprising of Saunders family shot them. Saunders father in law was secretary to the governor of Punjab.
All this could not be done in the day time hence the entire operation was conducted at night. No postmortem was conducted and the bodies were taken secretly to a place 6 miles from Lahore and burnt on the bank of confluence of the Sutlej and Beas.
The plan was thorough and was followed up by the British who sent two agents to Lahore to tell the Congress and people that they had seen at Ganda Singh Wala a big burning pyre from a distance.
People believed this story and rushed to the site. They took the ashes and a half burnt arm and took it to Lahore for a proper cremation. In real terms these were not the bodies of Bhagat Singh and his comrades. This was the aim of ‘seOperation Trojan Hor’- to deny a proper and glorious accolade from the people. The British were able to deny a glorious farewell by the people. All these facts are presented in a new book by Chaman Ahuja. The book titled Some Hidden Facts: Martyrdom of Shaheed Bhagat Singh carries the subtitle “Secrets unfurled by an Intelligence Bureau Agent of British-India” is worth reading.