The Mystery Man Poem by Asit Kumar Sanyal

It was 1955
A man crossed Gorakhpur border,
Lived in Lucknow, Sitapur, Basti
And Ayodyha till 1965
And finally shifted to Faizabad
Lived 20 years there... as special tenant.

His landlord was
Thakur Guru Dutt Singh
The man died on 16 Sep 1985
It is said Thakur could not see his face
During his stay of two decades
Many used to come there from W Bengal
Regularly, on 23 January
And Durgapuja days
They would come in the darkness of night
And leave before dawn.

He was cremated at Guptaar Ghat
Ten step away from the place
Where Rama walked into the Saryu
And vanished
The cremation was taken place
In presence of only 13 people
Draped in the tricolour
By the light of a motorcycle's headlamp.

His belongings are kept in 25 iron trunks
Under the lock and key
By court order
In the custodianship of DM
At Faizabad District treasury.

Was he the Gumnam Baba
or Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose?
Justice Mukherjee
The head of the commission
Appointed by former PM AB Vajpayee
Expressed his view in a video clip
'Don't quote me, but I am 100% sure
It was him.'

It was not in his report.. verbal statement
And accidentally recorded
It is available for all on YouTube.