1984年10月31日,薩爾瑪·蘇丹(Salma Sultan)在印度電視台晚間新聞中首次報道了甘地遇刺的消息,此時距離她遇刺已過去了十多個小時[15][16]。印度政府聲稱甘地的秘書R·K·達萬(R. K. Dhawan)否決了情報和安全官員的命令,這些官員曾下令將構成安全威脅的警察(包括刺殺她的兇手)撤職[17]。
英迪拉·甘地於上午9:30被送往新德里的全印醫學科學研究所,醫生為她進行了手術。下午2:20,英迪拉·甘地被宣告死亡。屍檢由蒂拉斯·達斯·多格拉(Tirath Das Dogra)領導的醫生團隊進行。多格拉表示,甘地被一支史特林衝鋒槍和一把左輪手槍射中30發子彈。攻擊者向她發射了33發子彈,其中30發擊中,23發穿過她的身體,7發留在體內。多格拉取出子彈,以確定這些武器的身份,並將每發子彈與彈道分析中發現的子彈進行比對。這些子彈與德里CFSL的武器相符。
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^What happened during 1984 Operation Blue Star?. India Today. 6 June 2018 [9 February 2021]. (原始内容存档于2019-11-11) (英语). Official reports put the number of deaths among the Indian army at 83 and the number of civilian deaths at 492, though independent estimates ran much higher.
^Kiss, Peter A. Winning Wars amongst the People: Case Studies in Asymmetric Conflict Illustrated. Potomac Books. 2014: 100 [15 July 2018]. ISBN 9781612347004. (原始内容存档于15 July 2018). In operation Bluestar a force of several battalions occupied the holy precincts in a battle lasting several hours. Bhindranwale and man of his associates were killed – but there was a very large number of civilian casualties as well.已忽略未知参数|df= (帮助)