Mahatma Gandhi's belongings, including a pair of his iconic glasses, have been auctioned off and the buyer is India's liquor and airline baron Vijay Mallya.
Indian diplomats are making all out efforts to stop the auction of Gandhi's personal items, even as community leaders are working out strategies to buy them if the auction goes ahead.
Ambika Soni has told NDTV that the government will do everything possible to ensure that Mahatma Gandhi's belongings are brought back to India with or without auction.
James Otis, who had put several items belonging to Mahatma Gandhi in an auction where they were bought by liquor baron and MP Vijay Mallya, is in India.
The US-based collector James Otis has claimed he has rarer items of the father of the nation including his blood drops which he was ready to ",negotiate", with the Indian government to return.
The US-based owner of Gandhi's memorabilia has for the first time said that he also has a sample of Mahatma's ashes, and blood collected from the site of the assassination.
Mahatma Gandhi's belongings including a pair of his iconic glasses were auctioned in New York where they were bought by India's liquor and airline baron Vijay Mallya.
