India's Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan said on Thursday that he firmly believes freedom fighter Netaji Subash Chandra Bose "did not die in a plane crash" as popularly believed. However, the vice president clarified he did not have any evidence to back his statement.

The vice president was in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, and he offered tributes to freedom fighter Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar on his death anniversary in Ramanathapuram. Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders from the state accompanied the vice president during the visit.

Addressing presspersons, Radhakrishnan said, "Although I have no evidence, I believe Bose did not die in that plane crash only because freedom fighter Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, a staunch follower of Netaji, had said it. He said 'Netaji did not die in

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