ABSTRACT
My companion in the Black Maria was Abani Chowdhury, a member of the Bengal Workers’ and Peasants’ Party. We were both hand-cuffed and had six armed men to guard us, but we had to assure them that there was not the remotest chance of an attempt being made to rescue us before they would let us look through a narrow slit in the steel side of the van while it was in motion, but not when it stood still.
