§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)To ask the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the case in which the district traffic superintendent at Kharagpur was prosecuted for assault before the joint magistrate of Midnapur, by a Mahratta Brahmin clerk whom he had beaten; and, seeing that although the defendant admitted the assault the magistrate dismissed the case, will he ask the Government of Bengal to move for a revision of the case by the High Court; and will he state what action he proposes to take with reference to the conduct of the magistrate.
(Answer.) I have to refer the hon. Member to my answer to the Question on the subject of the hon. Member for the Camborne Division, given on the 6th inst., which was as follows:—"I have no official information on the subject, but I understand from the newspapers that the occurrence referred to has formed the subject of an enquiry in Court. I see no necessity for interfering in the matter, which is entirely within the competence of the local authorities. I am also aware that the ttention of the Government of India has been specially directed to the recurrence of assaults of this kind."—(India Office.)