History can’t write off this valiant freedom fighter and Martyr of India Vakkom Abdul Khader.
At Malay Khader joined the Indian Independence League led by Rash Bihari Ghosh. Later he became an active member of Indian National Army (INA) of Subash Chandra Bose.
Two submarines were sent to the Indian coast in September 1940 with INA soldiers. Khader was in the second one and he left Malaysia for India on 18 September. He was accompanied by Muhammed Gani of Trissinapalli, C.P Eappen of Thiruvananthapuram, George of Alappuzha and Ananthan Nair of Thiruvananthapuram. Khader and his party landed in Rubber boats at Tanur, the coastal town in the Malabar region of Kerala.
However he was captured and sent to jail at Calicut. He was tortured by the police to get secret information, but despite all the atrocities he stood firm without revealing any secrets. He was taken to Madras and Delhi army camps for questioning. But his companion Balakrishnan under acute pressure from the army revealed all the secrets regarding the INA activities to the authorities.
Khader was brought to trial before E.E.Mak, the Special Judge for treason and spying for the enemy. The accused were convicted. The first accused was Vakkom Khader. Among the 19 accused fourteen were freed without any evidence. The remaining five were sentenced for severe imprisonment for five years and execution after that. Fauja Singh, Ananthan Nair, S.C. Bardan, Bonyface were among others who had been sentenced to death.
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