 The government banned some of these and he was often jailed for revolting against the king.In 1931, he was lodged in Buxa fort in North Bengal, which was turned into a prison "for dangerous revolutionaries".While he was a Congressman and was close to Chittaranjan Das, Subhas Chandra Bose and Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy he maintained links with many underground revolutionaries and provided them with support and sustenance.