“I am drawing on written responses from V(ice) Admiral Pasricha — then Capt and commanding officer INS Viraat, Admiral Arun Prakash — commanding INS Vindhyagiri, which was accompanying INS Viraat, and Vice Admiral Madanjit Singh — commanding officer of INS Ganga. Ramdas said that Rajiv and Sonia had got on board INS Viraat off Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram). And there is a photograph to confirm this.”In response to reporters’ questions whether there were any people from Italy on board INS Viraat, Ramdas snapped: “Laddu the, Laddu. In his media statement, Ramdas has provided a link to an Internet copy of the report. After the meeting, Rajiv Gandhi decided to stay on for a couple of days to take a holiday with his family.

Source: The Telegraph May 10, 2019 00:33 UTC