Sharma : How were you arrested in 1943?
Chavan : In 1943, when I was awary my elder brother died. My wife was in jail. And it had shocked her and she used to get fits, which later became a psychogical case. So she was in her parent's house. When I was in Poona, somebody told me that she was on the deathbed. I do not know why, but I felt that I had done injustice to her. within one and a half months of marriage, I was separated from her. She went to jail, but I did not inquire about her. Now my elder brother was no more.
The other elder brother was still in jail. She was relea because she started getting fits in jail. And my parent in-law were also not there, but my younger brother-in-law and her auntie were there who took her to her parents no when I got this news that even in that family there was nobody to took after her, in a weak moment I decided to go and see her. I managed a friend's car from Poona and left for Phaltan. But what happened on the way, the motorcar got punctured and instead of reaching early in the night, we reached late at night, practically early in the morning. So I had no alternative but to stay there for the whole day. It went against my entire plan of meeting her and leaving her in the very early morning. while I was sitting beside my ailling young wife, some people could guess my presence there. Later on somebody staying there betrayed By 4O' Clcok in the afternoon. the police came and arrested me.
Sharma : Where were you lodged in?
Chavan : I was in a lockup for some time till the prosecuton started. I was convicted and sent to Yeravda. Though they tried but could not find any seriou charge against me. So they prosecuted me for a speech I had delivered at some place and sentenced me only to. Six months. I was released after six months. After my release they realised that by mistake I was released. So they again arrested me and put me under detention. After my arrest, they didn't think necessary to keep pressure on my elder brother who was in jail and had developed T. B. So he was released. In the beginning of 1945, I also came out on parole to took after him. By that time movement had some what relapsed.
