1. Duchess of ATHOLLasked the Secretary of State for India whether he can now state the number of terrorist crimes and offences, actual or attempted, murderous or otherwise, committed outside Bengal in the last six months of the year 1933 and in the year 1933 as a whole?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Sir Samuel Hoare)A statement is being circulated.
§ Following is the statement:
3Terrorist crime in India outside Bengal. | |||
Province. | Number of cases. | ||
First half of 1933. | Second half of 1933. | Total for 1933. | |
Madras | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Bombay | 3 | 5 | 8 |
United Provinces | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Punjab | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Burma | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Bihar and Orissa | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Central Provinces | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Assam | 3 | 2 | 5 |
North West Frontier Province. | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Delhi | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Total | 24 | 16 | 40 |
2. Duchess of ATHOLLasked the Secretary of State for India whether he can now give the corrected figures of terrorist outrages and attempted outrages, murderous and otherwise, for Bengal in 1932 and in the first six months of 1933; and can he also give similar figures for the last six months of 1933 in Bengal?
§ Sir S. HOAREA statement is being circulated.
§ Following is the statement:
Terrorist crime in Bengal. | |||
— | 1932. | First half of 1933. | Second half of 1933. |
Murders | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Attempted murders. | 14 | 3 | — |
Dacoities and robberies (including attempts). | 68* | 20 | 14 |
Bomb throwing | 3 | — | — |
Bomb explosions | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 94 | 25 | 18 |
*In five of these cases murders were committed. |