Thevar claimed of meeting Netaji in 1950

Muthuramalingam Thevar was a freedom fighter and a confidant of Subhas Chandra Bose from late 1920s onwards. Thevar was the first person to depose before Shah Nawaz Committee, the first official probe into Subhas's reported death. This very hearing on April 1 (1956) convinced Thevar that it was unlikely to do justice. On April 3, he held a press conference in Delhi. Calling the committee "an eyewash", Thevar said he would furnish "conclusive proof that Bose was alive....
Thevar wanted Dr Radha Binod Pal to head the enquiry committee in place of Congress MP Shah Nawaz.
The more startling bit about Thevar's press conference was the claim that he met Subhas Bose in China in 1950. He said that in late 1949 he met Netaji's ailing elder brother Sarat Chandra Bose in Calcutta. Sarat Bose confided in something to Thevar, who then made a surreptitious trip to China to meet Subhas Bose.