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Revisited: Who kidnapped Shergar?
Published 11 months ago
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The Aga Khan, known for his triumphs in horse racing, dazzling wealth and development work around the world, has died this week in Lisbon at the age of 88.
The 49th hereditary imam or spiritual leader of the world's 15 million Ismaili Muslims, his name also became synonymous with success as a racehorse owner, with the thoroughbred Shergar among his most famous.
Shergar won the Epsom Derby, the Irish Derby and the King George, before being kidnapped in February 1983 from Ireland's Ballymany stud farm.
On todays Indo Daily Revisited we look back at one of the world's greatest sporting mystery's: Who kidnapped Shergar?
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