It is well-known to all that whoever tries to make a change in this world in any field, be it spiritual, social, cultural, economic or political is subjected to face the merciless tortures from the evil and conservative forces. Shrii P. R. Sarkar was also not an exception. The C.B.I. concocted false charges against him and arrested him on 29th December 1971 at 06:00 am. He had to face tremendous tortures in the jail and not only that he was injected with poison in the name of medicines on 12th February 1973. As the reaction of that poison he lost his eye sight permanently. With a demand of full scale enquiry into this incident he started a fast from 1st April of the same year. That unequaled fast lasted for about five years and six months until his release from the jail by proving himself innocent of all those false allegations against him on 2nd August 1978. Soon after he started that historical fast he wrote a petition to the Governor of Bihar state (India) copied to the President of India and to the General Secretary of UN. The following was the letter he wrote the above mentioned national and international authorities to make them aware about his decision and the reasons for that.
Sir,
With due respect and humble submission I would like to bring to your kind notice the following facts along with tales of harassment, tortures, maltreatment, poisoning and other inhuman activities done by different agencies of the government.
At the time I was undergoing the five reactions of poison:
On 14th morning I felt the sixth reaction and that is, I was unable to see anything clearly even from a short distance. I became almost blind. A few days after that an eye specialist came and said that I was suffering from conjunctivitis. On 15th night two more specialists came. At that time my blood pressure was 180/100. On 16th morning my urine was examined, the sugar was +++(3+). I have got no doubt that I was poisoned on 12th night and all these diseases are reactions of that poison. On 19th February, 1973 a first class Magistrate was deputed by District Magistrate to record my statement. In the statement I have stated that in case of medical treatment the faith of a patient plays a very important role and as I have lost faith in these government doctors and as a strong suspicion has been created in my mind that they have poisoned me as per direction of CBI, I would like to be treated by my private doctor. On the night of 21st February, 1973, I requested the jail authorities verbally and on 27th February, 1973 in writing, to request the District Magistrate, Patna to depute a first class Magistrate to record my statement demanding a judicial probe. I further told them that I want that in that judicial commission there may be any judge of Supreme Court of any other High Court excepting that of Patna High Court (because Patna is the place of occurrence). But as ill luck would have it I have not yet been favoured with the presence of a first class Magistrate to record my statement.
In view of the foregoing I would request you to please favour me by appointing a judicial commission to go through all above mentioned complaints and order relevant matters at an early date. I have got strong suspicion that certain black hands are working against me from behind the curtain and some of them are important persons. I want to disclose names of those important persons before the judicial commission.
Yours faithfully,
S/d Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar - 5/3/73
Bankipore Central Jail. Patna
[Courtesy: "Sambhavamii" writen by Acarya Sugatananda Avadhuta, Published by Ananda Marga Publications, Kolkata, West Bengal, India]
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