Aftermath Chittagong armoury raid
after few days, police traced of revolutionaries. surrounded several thousand troops while took shelter in jalalabad hills near chittagong cantonment on afternoon of 22 april 1930.
over 80 troops , 12 revolutionaries killed in ensuing gunfight. sen dispersed men neighbouring villages in small groups , escaped. few fled calcutta while arrested. intense crackdown on resistance ensued. ananta singh gave himself in calcutta coming away hiding place in chandannagar, close young teenagers captured , under trial in chittagong. few months later, police commissioner charles tegart surrounded hideout , in ensuing exchange of fire, jiban ghoshal lost young life.
some of revolutionaries managed reorganise. on 24 september 1932, debi prasad gupta, manoranjan sen, rajat sen, swadesh roy, phanindra nandi , subodh chaudhary led pritilata waddedar, attacked european club, killing 1 woman. plan backfired , debi prasad gupta, manoranjan sen, rajat sen, swadesh roy killed while other two, subodh , phani wounded , arrested. during 1930-32, 22 officials , 220 others killed revolutionaries in separate incidents. debi prasad gupta s brother, ananda prasad gupta, sentenced transportation life.
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