What Happened To Vishal? LBC's New Podcast
LBC presents our new week-by-week investigation into the disappearance of a young boy in London.
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Imagine your child goes missing.
Just vanishes. Seemingly without a trace.
In 1981, eight-year-old Vishal Mehrotra was with his family as they celebrated the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana. As the family were heading home, he was taken.
He was found nine months later, buried in a shallow grave, missing his legs and lower spine.
33 years on, nobody knows who he was taken by.
His father Vishambar believes his son was taken by people linked to the VIP paedophile ring and that police knew this, but covered it up.
The media has been consumed for the last few years with stories of a paedophile ring involving politicians and police officers, judges and diplomats. Vishambar says he has evidence that his son may have been taken by men connected to this group, and that police never investigated.
Week-by-week, LBC’s senior reporter Tom Swarbrick presents his investigation into Vishambar’s claims, in order to try and answer one question:
What happened to Vishal?
Key Evidence
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Exclusive: Police Report On Vishal's Disappearance LBC Exclusive: Read the Sussex Police report on the disappearance of Vishal Mehrotra that hasn't been seen for more than 30 years.
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Best of 2015: LBC's Most Talked About Of The Year It's been an extraordinary and unpredictable year on LBC and these are the stories, calls and interviews that have been the most talked about in 2015.
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Hogan-Howe Admits: I Got Arrest Caution Wrong Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe admitted he got the arrest caution wrong when he made his first arrest for seven years.
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Zac Goldsmith's Letter To Home Office About Vishal The Conservative MP has written to the Home Office, saying the findings of What Happened To Vishal? mean the case should be reopened.
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Met Chief: We'll Work On New Vishal Info 'Immediately' Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe told LBC the Met Police will work "immediately" to investigate new information in the disappearance of Vishal Mehrotra.
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5. Case Secrets In the final episode of What Happened To Vishal?, we look at the secret review of the case carried out by Sussex Police.
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MPs: Police Must Re-Open Case After LBC Podcast Two leading MPs have called for the police investigation into an 8-year-old boy's death to be re-opened after an LBC investigation.
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Episode 4. "An Asian Boy" This week, a startling discovery offers some progress in the case of Vishal Mehrotra.
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IPCC Look Into Claims Police Ignored Vishal "Gang" The police watchdog is looking into claims officers overlooked a potential link between a notorious gang and the death of Vishal Mehrotra, 8.
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Episode 3. Trains and Trainers "Nobody saw anything" was the police verdict on Vishal's disappearance. But did they overlook key witnesses?
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Episode 2. Nobody Saw Anything Vishal's dad believes there was a cover-up by the police. We speak to an ex-Met detective to find out the truth.
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Episode 1. The Phone Call On the day of the Royal Wedding in 1981, Vishal Mehrotra disappeared. No one knows who did it. But a phone call revealed the murder may have been covered up by police.
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What Happened To Vishal: Where He Was Found This is the map that shows where the body of Vishal Mehrotra was found.
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What Happened To Vishal: Map Of Key Places These are the key places involved in the disappearance of Vishal Mehrotra in London in 1981.
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