  We prove that a Fano complete intersection of codimension $k$ and index 1 in
the complex projective space ${\mathbb P}^{M+k}$ for $k\geqslant 20$ and
$M\geqslant 8k\log k$ with at most multi-quadratic singularities is
birationally superrigid. The codimension of the complement to the set of
birationally superrigid complete intersections in the natural parameter space
is shown to be at least $\frac12 (M-5k)(M-6k)$. The proof is based on the
techniques of hypertangent divisors combined with the recently discovered
$4n^2$-inequality for complete intersection singularities.
