§ 5. Lieut. - Colonel HOWARD - BURYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has any official information with regard to the communal rioting in Indore?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe Secretary of State has received from the Government of India reports of the recent disturbance in the City of Indore. It appears that on the 14th February, five persons were killed and about 20 injured in the course of rioting arising from the playing of music by a Hindu procession in front of a mosque. Order was subsequently restored by the State troops and police. On the 15th February, a Mohammedan sub-inspector was stabbed while making investigations. No further outrage has been reported to the Secretary of State. The Indore Darbar have issued orders as to the carrying of arms and sticks, and have prohibited the assemblage of more than five persons.