From the archive: The unravelling of a conspiracy: were the 16 charged with plotting to kill India’s prime minister framed?

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🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2021: In 2018, Indian police claimed to have uncovered a shocking plan to bring down the government. But there is mounting evidence that the initial conspiracy was a fiction – and the accused are victims of an elaborate plot. By Siddhartha Deb. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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1:05.1	Tuesday listen wherever you get your podcasts. The Guardian Archive, archive Longree. Hi, my name is Siddhar Th Dave and I write fiction in journalism.
1:29.2	I'm the author of the Long Reed's piece, The Unravelling of a Conspiracy,
1:35.8	where the 16 charged with plotting to kill India's Prime Minister
1:40.0	framed, published in The Guardian in August 2021.
1:45.0	I joined a group of Indian activists during the 2020 pandemic
1:51.0	because I couldn't travel to India, and missed it and I really wanted to remain connected.
1:57.0	Initially I was trying to help my fellow activists to bring media attention to the 16 activists who had been framed with malware planted on
2:06.0	their computers and phones in what seemed to be a complete violation of
2:10.6	fundamental principles of justice. I got sufficiently frustrated with our lack of access
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