College mates, neighbours, and an assassination attempt in court

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College mates, neighbours, and an assassination attempt in court

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In this episode, Indian Express’ Anand Mohan joins host Utsa Sarmin to go through the story of Bharat Bhushan Kataria and Amit Vashisht- two college mates who met each other years later as neighbours and how their small broils turned into an assassination attempt.

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Oct 26, 2022

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