Though the incident occurred in 1977, I had been living there continuously since 1974, for about 8 or 9 years. At the time, some Hindi dailies regularly ran false and inflammatory headlines against Shankar Guha Niyogi, calling him a murderer, a communist, and a terrorist. One night, while returning from tutoring, I met Shankar Guha Niyogi. That night, Niyogi sat among 300–400 workers discussing organizational matters. Yes, after my death, people will ask who killed me, and why.”Shankar Guha Niyogi was a martyr.