§ 6. Mr. DAVID GRENFELLasked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that an additional police force is posted in the village of Barhaiya, Monghyr, and the whole cost charged to the villagers; that the reason given in the Bihar Legislative Council on behalf of the Government was that it was to protect the village from the subversive influence of the National Congress; and whether, now that the Congress is no longer an illegal body, he will give instructions to the Government of India to have the burden of the cost of this extra police removed?
§ Sir S. HOAREAdditional police were posted in this village, at the cost of the inhabitants, in May, 1932, as the result of the subversive activities of the villagers, which were continued in spite of several warnings. Exemptions were granted to those who had kept themselves aloof from the civil disobedience movement. I cannot say whether these additional police have now been withdrawn. The question is one which I must leave to the discretion of the Provincial Government.