Stunning twist to Netaji mystery: Bose pictures found in Gumnami Baba's trunk

The mystery surrounding Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's death took an interesting turn on Tuesday after some old photos of the Bose family were retrieved from the belongings of Faizabad's Gumnami Baba, who some say was Netaji himself.

A photo of Netaji's parents Jankinath Bose and Prabhawati Bose, and a portrait of the Bose family were found in Gumnami Baba's trunk. Apart from photographs, a number of telegrams sent to Gumnami Baba by Azad Hind Fauj veterans, Pabitra Mohan Roy (senior officer of INA's intelligence wing) and Sunil Kant Gupta, were also found.

The identities of the people in the photos were confirmed by Shakti Singh, the owner of Ram Bhawan where Gumnami Baba spent his final years of life from 1982 to 1985.

"The family photograph of the Bose family shows 22 members besides his parents. Lalita Bose, the daughter of Netaji's brother Suresh Chandra Bose, who visited Ram Bhawan in Faizabad on February 4, 1986 identified the people in the photographs, when they were at Ram Bhawan," Shakti Singh told Times of India.

Singh, who helped Faizabad district administration to retrieve and cross-verify Baba's artefacts, identified the people in the family picture as Sudhir Chandra Bose, Satish Chandra Bose, Sarat Chandra Bose, Suresh Chandra Bose, Sunil Chandra Bose and Subhas Chandra Bose. Jankinath Bose and Prabhawati Bose were also seen sitting with their daughters and grandchildren.

While a DNA test conducted on the teeth allegedly of "Gumnami Baba" has dismissed claims that the Faizabad-based saint was Subhas Chandra Bose in disguise, Shakti Singh strongly believes that Baba was not just another sage or ascetic but was an extraordinary human being.

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