FAIZABAD: A grand memorial is being planned in
Faizabad jail where freedom fighter Ashfaqullah Khan was hanged by the British on December 19, 1927, at the age of 27. The prison authorities also want to add the memorial to tourist itinerary.
Khan was among Indian revolutionaries who looted a train carrying British money in
Kakori near Lucknow on August 9, 1925. He was betrayed by a friend and caught several months later.
He was awarded death sentence at the jail along with others.
According to plan, the memorial will boast newspaper clippings on the Kakori loot, police case diary, supplementary case file, telegraphs, books and literature of Khan and other Kakori martyrs, Faizabad jail superintendent Brijesh Kumar said.
“We had sent our memorial proposal to the headquarters, from where it has now been forwarded to the tourism department. The government will take a final decision,” he added.