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...Pandher's servant Kohli has confessed to the killings, according to police. But an Indian public that has seen the rich literally get away with murder in the past may not want the investigation to stop there. Investigators have subjected both Kohli and Pandher to treatments of sodium pentathol, or truth serum, even though any evidence gathered under such conditions is imprecise and cannot be used in a court of law. Kohli has admitted under the influence of the drug that he consumed the livers of his victims, a chilling detail that has earned him the nickname Noida's Hannibal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Delhi, Murder Most Grisly | 1/8/2007 | See Source »

...signed by Correspondent George Bookman, who had spent days poking around the far-flung empire of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. While awaiting a final interview with Teamsters' President Dave Beck, Bookman doubled over in pain, next evening underwent an appendectomy. He came out of the sodium pentathol with a bad case of hiccups, but nonetheless dictated to his wife Janet, a former United Press reporter. His file arrived in New York apace with those of Washington Correspondents Marshall Berger and James Truitt, Seattle Bureau Chief Robert Schulman and Seattle Correspondent Russell Sackett. All, and much other information, went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Apr. 8, 1957 | 4/8/1957 | See Source »

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