After the war ended, the story of the INA and the Free India Legion was seen as so inflammatory that, fearing mass revolts and uprisings—not just in India, but across its empire—the British government forbade the BBC from broadcasting their story.Hitler's Secret Indian Army Last Section: "Mutinies" URL accessed on 8 August 2006 However, the stories of the trials at the Red Fort filtered through. Newspapers reported at the time of the trials that some of the INA soldiers held at Red Fort had been executed,"Many I.N.A. men already executed, Lucknow" . The Hindustan Times, 2 November 1945. URL accessed 11 August 2006 which only succeeded in causing further protests.
