Jatin Das fasted unto death in the Lahore jail as a protest against?

Jatin Das fasted to death in the Lahore Jail as a protest demanding equality for Indian Political prisoners. While pursuing graduation at Vidyasagar College in Calcutta, Das was arrested for being involved in political activities and was imprisoned at the Mymensingh Central jail.

Very soon he realized and noticed that the all the prisoners which are in jail are not treated equally as the Indian prisoner was not given the basic facilities which are been supplied to a prisoner. The clothes of the Indian prisoners were not been washed for several days, the kitchen area where the food for the prisoners was made was not taken care, roamed with cockroaches the food was unsafe to eat.