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A man in Mathabhanga of West Bengal's Coochbehar District, claiming to be Subhas Chandra Bose, the missing chief of Indian National Army, has turned a popular figure with many villagers thronging to see him. Many ignorant villagers are seeking Diksha or, the transfer of spiritual knowledge, from the over 90-year-old man, whose name or whereabouts are a mystery till date. He is putting up here for the last one year and has also opened an Ashram. Several people believing him to be the "Patriots of Patroits" congregate at the ashram and join in the daily ritual prayers performed here. The self-claimed unnamed person, who has a sandalwood Tilak on his forehead, says a divine form told him that he was the actual Indian freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose. "God has told me that I am Netaji and whatever God has told me, I am speaking the same," said man claiming to be Netaji. Meanwhile, members of the village Panchayat are in dilemma over accepting him as a the famed freedom fighter, who is still a mystery for millions of people. "I have seen that many people have become his disciples but I am not sure of the claims he has made. His behaviour or physique does not resemble the character or body stature of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. So, I cannot say for sure whether he is the same person," said Subodh Roy, a member of Gram Panchayat. Though it has been reported that Netaji died in a plane crash, there are many who doubt the report. Born at Cuttack in Orissa, Subhash Chandra Bose, popularly known as Netaji fought fiercely for India's freedom, taking a different approach adapted by the Congress party under Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. Bose had organised the Indian National Army (INA) and sought assistance from the axis powers, Germany and Japan to free India from the British that was a part of the allied forces during the World War-II.
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