BJP picks up book, looks at foreign origin issue

Deshmukh opposed the idea and suggested that money be made available from the government intelligence funds , but was asked to resolve it with Satish Sharma, who informed the RAW director to contact a certain Italian person, a relative of Rajiv’s through the family of his ‘‘in-laws’’. The RAW director was asked to carry money in Italian currency and deliver it to this person and the cabinet secretary asked to leave the matter alone. Subsequently, an Italian trainer was called to train the security personnel.

‘‘In 1986, the Prime Minister was not of a foreign origin but the obvious foreign connection was there. To require other private persons belonging to a coterie or foreign relatives to handle important security matters of the nation only illustrates the magnitude of the threat….’’