Capture and Death of Surya Sen
The Chittagong revolutionary group suffered a fatal blow when Masterda Surya Sen was arrested on 16 February 1933 from Gairala village after a tip-off from an insider of the group. Either because of money, or out of jealousy, or because of both, Netra Sen told the British Government that Surya Sen was at his house. But before Netra Sen was able to get his Rupee 10,000 reward, he was killed by the revolutionaries.
Surya Sen along with Tarekeshwar Dastidar was hanged by the British on 12 January 1934. He was brutally tortured before the death sentence. It was reported that the British executioners broke all his teeth with hammer and plucked all nails and broke all limbs and joints. He was then dragged to the gallows unconscious. Nobody performed his funeral after his death. It was found later that the prison authority put his body in a metallic cage and dumped it into the Bay of Bengal.
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