Evidence · Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990
Police and the Home Office found nothing linking the cases
Police investigated the contested deaths before and after their inquests, and the Home Office told Parliament there was no evidence linking Dajibhai, Sharif and Singh-Gida beyond Dajibhai and Singh-Gida having probably known each other at Loughborough in 1979.
What it means
Key questionDid any of the deaths share a common cause, such as killings by an intelligence service?
3 answers, none ahead yet
Openunchanged
Still possibleunchanged
What it implies
- The investigations of the time found no link, but their reports are unpublished and cannot be checked.For the key question: Did any of the deaths share a common cause, such as killings by an intelligence service?
Next steps 2
1
Read FCO 65/3861 and FCO 7/8389 at Kew
Adds evidenceFair odds~6 h
11score
Details
The open Foreign Office files on Wash (1986) and Moyle (1991) are the only official files on any of these deaths known to be readable. They would show what the government knew and said privately.
2
Request the Avon and Somerset police reports on Dajibhai and Sharif
Adds evidencePoor odds
4score
Details
Freedom of Information request to Avon and Somerset Police and to the Avon coroner for the 1986-87 reports and inquest files. If released, they would show what evidence of third parties, if any, was found.
Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes
Sources 4
SRC
SRC
SRC
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Police and the Home Office found nothing linking the cases [Evidence EVD0DGGC3KAPSNK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DGGC3KAPSNK
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