Next day on 10-1-50 when I became conscious again I found that I was profusely bleeding and my cloth was drenched in blood. I was in that state taken to Nawabganj from Nachole. The sepoys in Nawabganj jail gate received me with smart blows.
I was at that time in a prostate condition and the Court Inspector and some sepoys carried me to a cell. I had high fever then and I was still bleeding. A doctor, possibly from the Govt. Hospital at Nawabganj had noted the temperature of my body to be 105°. When he heard from me of the profuse bleeding I had he assured me. I would be treated with the help of a woman nurse. I was also given some medicines and two pieces of rugs.
On 11-1-50 the woman nurse of the Govt. Hospital examined me. I do not know what report she gave about my condition. After she came, the bloodstained piece of cloth I was wearing was changed for a clean one. During all this time, I was in a cell of the Nawabganj P. S. under the treatment of a doctor. I had high fever and profuse bleeding. and was unconscious from time to time.
On 16-1-50 a stretcher was brought before my cell in the evening and I was told that I would have to go elsewhere for examination. On my protest that I was too ill to move about, I was, struck with a stick and forced to get on the stretcher after which I was carried on it to another house. I told nothing there, but the sepoys forced me to sign a blank paper. I was at time in a semi-conscious state with high fever. As my condition was going worse, I was next day transferred to the Nawabganj Govt. Hospital, and on 21-1-50when the state of my health was still very precarious, I was brought from Nawabganj to Rajshahi Central Jail, and was admitted to the Jail Hospital.
I had not under any circumstances said anything to the police, and I have nothing more to say than I have stated above.*
ইলা মিত্রের জবানবন্দী। এই জবানবন্দীই ইস্তাহার আকারে পূর্ব বাংলার সর্বত্রই ১৯৫০ সালের গোড়ার দিকে বিলি করা হয়। পৃষ্ঠা ২৯২-৯৪।
*১৯৪৭ সালে তেভাগা আন্দোলন শেষ হয়ে গেলেও এর প্রভাব বাংলাদেশের রাজশাহীর নাচোল এলাকায় স্তিমিত হয়নি। যার ফলে ১৯৪৮ থেকে ১৯৫০ পর্যন্ত এই এলাকায় নতুন করে ব্যাপক কৃষক আন্দোলন শুরু হয়। এই সব কৃষক প্রধানতঃ ছিলেন সাঁওতাল এবং এঁদের নেতা ছিলেন মাতলা সরদার। এই এলাকায় সরকারী প্রভাব প্রায় বিলুপ্তি হয়ে যায়। ১৯৫০ সালের জানুয়ারী মাসে সাঁওতাল কৃষক ও পুলিশের মধ্যে সংঘর্ষে উভয় পক্ষে অসংখ্য হতাহত হয়। এর পর সমগ্র এলাকায় পুলিশের অমানুষিক অত্যাচারের ফলে আন্দোলন ধ্বংস হয়ে যায়।
