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'''Shusil Roy''' (25 December 1936 — 18 June 2014) popularly known by his [[nom de guerre]] Som alias Ashok was a Maoist ideologue and senior [[Politburo]] member of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]]. He was the nephew of Indian freedom fighter [[Dinesh Gupta]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://frontierweekly.com/archive/vol-number/vol/vol-47-2014-15/47-3/47-3-Unchaining%20the%20Dialectic.html|title=Unchaining the Dialectic|last=Harsh Thakor|first=Vol. 47, No. 3|website=frontierweekly.com|issn=0016-2094|access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>

==Political activities==
Roy joined in [[Communist Party of India]] in 1963 and led trade union movements in [[Bansdroni]] area of [[Kolkata]]. After the seventh Congress in 1964, he joined [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and mobilized group of workers against the imperialist [[Vietnam War]]. In 1966, Roy was at the forefront of the food movement of [[West Bengal]], facing police atrocities and became arrested. After the [[Naxalbari uprising]] in 1967, Roy left the CPI(M).<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://sanhati.com/articles/10577/|title=Remembering Sushil Roy|date=7 July 2014|access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref> In 1980 he became the general secretary of erstwhile [[Maoist Communist Centre of India]] (MCC) and the post he till kept in 1996.<ref name=":1" /> Roy also played a pivotal role in the unification of the M.C.C. with the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War]] Group in 2004. He inaugurated the United CPI (Maoist). Roy was politically active in the state of [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]] as [[Maoism|Maoist]] ideologue and was considered to be the senior most leader of the CPI (Maoist).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maoist-veteran-Sushil-Roy-dies-in-AIIMS/articleshow/36794219.cms|title=Maoist veteran Sushil Roy dies in AIIMS|last=Rakhi Chakrabarty|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>

==Arrest==
Sushil Roy was arrested from [[Konnagar]] railway station in [[Hooghly district]] in 2005.<ref name=":3" /> He was initially sent in Presidency Jail, Kolkata and later granted bail. Afterward, arrested again in the same year by the Jharkhand Police and taken to [[Ranchi]]. He was released for treatment on bail bond in 2012 by the [[Jharkhand High Court]] on the ground of illness when his physical condition was highly deteriorated.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/top-maoist-leader-roy-dies-at-78/|title=Top Maoist leader Roy dies at 78|date=19 June 2014|website=indianexpress.com|access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/279017/sushil-roy-admitted-aiims.html|title=Sushil Roy admitted in AIIMS|date=15 September 2012|website=deccanherald.com|access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>

==Death==
Roy was suffering from [[cancer]] since three years. He died at the age of 78 in Urology isolation ward in [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]] on 18 June 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asianlite.com/news/indian-news/maoist-leader-sushil-roy-dies/|title=Maoist leader Sushil Roy dies|date=18 June 2014|website=asianlite.com|access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref> His body was donated to AIIMS according to his wish.<ref name=":0" />

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