Indira Gandhi was detained on suspicion of political corruption.

On October 3, 1977, Indira Gandhi was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on charges of political corruption, specifically related to alleged irregularities during her tenure as Prime Minister.

She was detained for about 16 hours and released on October 4, 1977, after a magistrate found no grounds to hold her further.

This arrest, orchestrated by the Janata Party government, was widely seen as a political misstep, as it garnered sympathy for Indira Gandhi and bolstered her political comeback in subsequent years.
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