Police deny bugging Sikhs

Title

Police deny bugging Sikhs

Genre

Interview

TX Date

20 Dec 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:02:15

Description

Detective Chief Superintendent David Baker denies that police acted under pressure from the Government over the Leicester Sikh trial and denies bugging members of the Sikh community - it was by chance that they received information concerning an assassination attempt on Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

David Baker

Keywords

India; Crime; Police; UK; Great Britain; Homicide; Policing practice; Sikhs; Surveillance; Rajiv Gandhi; Leicester

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