Indian woman claims to be Indira Gandhi's granddaughter

Priya Singh Paul alleges that she is the secret granddaughter of the murdered former prime minister Indira Gandhi . - AFP

New Delhi (AFP) - An Indian woman who claims to be the secret granddaughter of the murdered former prime minister Indira Gandhi has gone to court to block a new Bollywood movie that she says shows the dynasty in a bad light.

Priya Singh Paul, 48, told a press conference on Monday she had been adopted as a baby and only told after she grew up that her biological father was Indira's eldest son Sanjay, who died in a plane crash in 1980.