§ 27. Mr. KELLYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the recent case in the Benares central gaol in which a gaoler struck a convict on the head, causing his death; and whether the Government of India will appoint a Committee, similar to the one recently appointed in the Punjab, to investigate the whole question of the treatment and punishment of prisoners in gaols?
§ Earl WINTERTONNo report of the incident alleged has been made to my Noble Friend, nor has he any reason to suppose that a general inquiry such as that referred to in the last part of the question, covering all Provinces, is 1391 contemplated by the Government of India. "Gaols," as the hon. Member is no doubt aware, is a Provincial reserved subject.