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The writer often referred Basu as ‘The Perry Mason of the East’, since Sanyal was inspired to create the character from the masterpiece of Erle Stanley Gardner. Basu’s full name is Prasanna Kumar Basu and by profession he is an indomitable criminal side barrister of the Calcutta High Court. In the first story named Nagchampa, Basu is shown to be an old, unmarried man but since the novel of Sonar Kanta, the writer changed the character of Basu to an aged Barrister, whose wife Ranu is physically challenged & Suborna alias Mithu, their only daughter, has died in a car accident. P. K. Basu is not a professional detective but solves the cases through discussion and in courtroom drama. A young couple, Koushik and Sujata, live with Basu’s family in his house. They form a private detective agency, Sukoushali. Very often, Basu takes their help in investigation.
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