(a) whether the Government has declassified all the files relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether there have been instances of misplacing or tampering with the files;
(d) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
(e) whether a demand for DNA test of the remains kept at Renkoji Temple has been received by the Government; and
(f) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)
(a) to (d): All available classified files at the Ministry of Home Affairs relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose have been declassified and transferred to National Archives of India for permanent retention. While there is no instance of tempering with the files, there are few files which could not be traced despite all efforts to locate the same.
(e): No, Madam.
(f): Does not arise.
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