अमर शहीद अशफ़ाक़उल्ला ख़ाँ: व्यक्तित्व और कृतित्व (काकोरी के अमर शहीद का जीवन व रचनाएँ)

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(i. e. 1923), saying that he wanted it for a friend. Sarat Chandar
Vidyaratna (P. W. 67) had been living in the house where
this room is for the last six years. He identified Jogesh Chan-
dar Chatterji as one of the men who had occupied the room,
and states that before Jogesh came to live there it was
occupied by a man named Satish. Bakshi used to visit Satish
but the witness does not remember having seen him visit
Jogesh. This evidence is corroborated by that of Mr. Mukerji,
Deputy Superintendent C. I. D. Benares, who states that he
came to know in May, 1924, that Jogesh Chandar Chatterji was 10
occupying one of the rooms at No. 164 Ganesh Mahal. He
made a note of it in his diary at the time. An extract from
his diary dated 17th May, 1924, has been exhibited (Ex. P. 436).
This is to the effect that S. N. Bakshi had approached the
O. P. 87. owner of No. 164, Ganesh Mahal and taken a room for Satish
Chandar Singh (who according to Mr. Mukherji was known to be
a revolutionary). Some time after this Jogesh Chandar Chatterji
came to Benares and put up there. Satish Chandra kept
Jogesh Chandar in his own room for a time and then departed
leaving him there. Jogesh Chandar occupied the room for about 20
three months and then shifted to No. 20 Pataleshwar. Patalesh-
war is the locality in which the Bakshi family live. This evidence
shows that Jogesh Chandra visited Benares some time before
his visit to Shahjahanpur and the natural inference in the light
of Ex. P. 198 (Proceedings of the Provincial Council) is that a
branch of the revolutionary organisation was formed at Benares
during his stay there; if it had not already been formed by his
predecessor Satish Chandar.
65. There is a considerable amount of evidence to corrobo-
rate the story of the approvers that certain
Evidence that Bakshi and other outside members visited Shahjahanpur. outside members of the revolutionary society,
including Bakshi, visited Shahjahanpur from
time to time. I note briefly below the main
points in this evidence and shall discuss its importance in con-
nection with the dacoities later.
Kishan Lal (P. W. 22) let a house to Banarsi Lal at the end
of July or the beginning of August, 1925, on the understanding
that it was required for canal contractors and clerks. It was
occupied by five or six men for thirteen days. He saw one of
the men in the house when he went to get the grass cut on the
roof and identified in Jail Bakshi as this man.
Ram Lal (P. W. 23) is the owner of a 'tikasar' or lodging
house at Shahjahanpur. He saw M. N. Gupta there twice, once
O. P. 88. before and once during the rains of 1925. The last occasion was
ten or twelve days before the Kakori dacoity. Banwari Lal came
to visit M. N. Gupta at the 'tikasar'. Ram Lal identified both
these men in Jail.