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

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main body of the dacoits then made off, leaving four of their
number with the guard and telling them to come when they
heard a whistle. After a short time a whistle was heard and the
four men departed. after telling the guard not to get up until
they had gone some way. He got up as soon as he was satisfied
that it was safe to do so and examined the condition of the brake
van. All the lamps had been broken and the safe had been
removed. A chadar (sheet Ex. XIV) was lying in the brake
van. He then went along the train and arranged for it to go
on. He sat in a second class compartment with Dr. Gupta. 1
O. P. 118. As the train started he noticed a dead body by the line. He
stopped the train again with the intention of picking it up but
could get no one to help him. The train therefore proceeded
and arrived at Alamnagar where he informed the assistant station
master, Babu Sital Prasad, of the dacoity and also reported it by
telephone to the Controller at Lucknow. On arriving at Lucknow,
he was met by the station master and railway police.
84. Dr. Gupta (P. W. 25) had gone earlier in the day from
Story of Dr. Gupta. Lucknow to Balamau and was returning to
Lucknow by the 8 down train. He was 20
travelling in a second class carriage, being up to Kakori the only
occupant. He got out at Kakori and met the station master on the
platform who asked him for some medicine for his child who was
ill. Dr. Gupta went back to the carriage to get the medicine and
found that three men were then sitting in it on the seat opposite
his. He obtained the medicine and got out of the carriage again,
gave it to the station master and then resumed his seat. The three
men were dressed in khaki shirts, shorts and stockings. One was
wearing a dark safa and the other two had felt caps. The man
with the safa had a bundle about a foot square. Dr. Gupta has 30
identified Ashfaqullah as this man. He also identified R. N.
Lahiri, accused in the main case, as one of the other two men. He
was also apparently inclined to think at the identification proceed-
ings that Bakshi was the third man as he hesitated in front of him.
He did not, however, pick him out. In his statement to the
magistrate which has been brought on record, (Ex. P. B. 36) he said
in cross examination with reference to Bakshi 'I cannot say whether
O. P. 119. this accused was one of the three but I can say this much that he
was just like this accused' and immediately afterwards in re-exami-
nation he said 'whatever I have just said is based upon the hazy idea
that I have about the third man, specially as regards the colour the
the height and general features'. The train had gone about a mile
and a half from Kakori when Lahiri first pulled the communication
chain on the side he was sitting and then came across and pulled
the chain on Dr. Gupta's side. The third man whom he did not
identify also pulled the chain on his side. Dr. Gupta asked them
why they had pulled the chain and they said they had left behind
a box at Kakori. When the train stopped they got down and went