Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTasked the Under - Secretary of State for India whether the attention of the Secretary of State has been called to the recent judgment, of the High Court of Calcutta in the Nattore murder case, in which the judges acquitted both the accused persons and declared that, owing to the unsatisfactory character of the witnesses and the methods of investigation employed by the prosecution, the gravest suspicion rested upon the conduct of the police, and urged the local authorities to make that conduct the subject of an inquiry; and whether he can say what steps the Government of Bengal have taken to institute such an inquiry, and with what results?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe Secretary of State has seen a copy of the judgment to which my hon. Friend refers. A report of the circumstances of the case has been called for by the local government in order to facilitate an enquiry. I may add that the Secretary of State is in communication with the Government of India with regard to the procedure in such cases.