§ 3. Mr. MORGAN JONES (for Mr. DAVID GRENFELL)asked the Secretary 1364 of State for India whether he is aware of the complaints now being made by people living in the villages of Patya and Dhalgat, in Chittagong, regarding certain indignities to which they are being subjected by order of the commanders of military pickets, and of the night raids which these pickets carry out in the district; and whether he will cause an inquiry to be made into the reasons for the action of the military?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Butler)I have no information on this subject. If the hon. Member desires, I will make inquiries, but I would like to take this opportunity of saying, as was stated by the Home Member of the Government of India in the Assembly on the 21st March, that an examination of various complaints about the conduct of the troops in Bengal has shown that they were either without foundation or greatly exaggerated.