§ SIR THOMAS ESMONDE (Dublin Co., S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India if his attention has been called to the statement that an Indian Police Official, in the execution of a warrant for the arrest of a Moughyr banker named Indranarain Saho, used improper methods of search towards members of the banker's family; and 191 whether he will institute an inquiry into the matter?
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Sir J. GORST,) ChathamNo, Sir; the Secretary of State has received no information of any such incident.
§ SIR T. ESMONDEMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman if he will have an inquiry made?
§ *SIR J. GORSTThe question of the hon. Member is somewhat indefinite. There are many thousands of police in India, and the question does not even give a reference to the district in which the incident occurred. I am afraid, therefore, that it would be exceedingly difficult to cause an inquiry to be made with any satisfactory result.
§ SIR T. ESMONDEI will repeat the question. I am afraid that it may have been put down wrong.