§ MR. BRADLAUGH (Northampton)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India, whether he will cause inquiries to be made as to the circumstances under which the police, in September last, fired upon the Hindu population at Rohtak, when one Hindu was killed and 12 other Hindus were severely wounded; and especially whether the 495 police officer giving the order to fire has been called upon for, and has given, any explanation of his reason for firing; and whether the Secretary of State will call for a full Report of the whole facts, including the origin of certain alleged rioting arising out of the desecration of Hindu Temple Cars, in August and September last; the arrest, and summary trial, of a large number of persons; the conviction and imprisonment, by order of Major Renwick, Deputy Commissioner, of 35 of the accused, and the subsequent reversal of such conviction by the Court of Appeal, and the liberation of the imprisoned men?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Sir J. GORST,) ChathamThe question of the hon. Member has already been sent to India, and on the receipt of a reply to his various queries the Secretary of State will communicate the result to him. All such riots as those at Rohtak are invariably inquired into by the Local Governments as a matter of course.