A History of Assam c12.22

c12.22

At this juncture, one Māsu Gobind, after conspiring against the king, fled to Luki. Sattrajit promised to arrest him, but, instead of doing so, he gave him warning and allowed him to escape to Bengal. This greatly enraged Pratāp Singh, and he sent orders to the Bar Phukan to seize Sattrajit. A meeting was arranged, and the two met on the island of Umānanda, opposite Gauhāti. They embraced each other and exchanged presents. The Bar Phukan then allowed Sattrajit, who had gained a considerable influence over him, to depart without attempting to effect his arrest. The king, being informed of this, and also of the Bar Phukan's duplicity in the matter of the envoys from Dacca, caused him to be chained in a dungeon, where he was left to starve to death. Neog succeeded him as Bar Phukan, and the war came to an end.