From: Venantius J Pinto <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 10:29 AM
John Lobo (Siolim) carried out Kantilal Desai who was injured in the impact. Kantilal, was not wearing a seatbelt! IMAGINE. Dear vjp, Not true. Kantilal was wearing the seatbelt, which in fact got jammed with the impact (and also fractured Kantilal’s leg). John Lobo first carried the Prime Minister in his arms, waded through the slush of the paddies, and deposited Morarji Desai a very safe distance away from a possible explosion of the aircraft. Returning, the six foot plus director of CBI and IB yanked out Kantilal and took him to safety in his arms. The rest of what you say is absolutely true. Also, the crash did not occur at Gauhati as Marshall Mendonza said in an earlier post, but at Jorhat-Rowriah. This story is told in a book published by ‘Goa,1556’ in 2010 called ‘Patriotism in Action’, Pages xl to xlii and Pages 190-191 (Wg Cdr Clarence Joseph D”Lima, VM). The book is out of print but if anyone here is interested and mails me, I will copy-paste the relevant text. Best, v
