Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of police, who was responsible for Lala Lajpat Rai death, was killed by __________.
A
Batukeshwar Dutt
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B
Bhagat Singh and Rajguru
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C
Chandra Shekhar Azad
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D
Sachindra Sanyal
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Solution
The correct option is B Bhagat Singh and Rajguru Lala Lajpat Rai died on November 17, 1928, after suffering grievous injuries during a lathi-charge carried out by the police. Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru shot and killed assistant superintendent of police John Saunders.on December 17, 1927. However, their original target was not Saunders but the superintendent of police James Scott who had ordered his men to lathi-charge.