§ Mr. KEIR HARDIEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has now received a report concerning the 1764W assault committed in a first-class compartment in a railway train between Bakhtiarpur and Mokamah on 4th March by a junior engineer in the service of the East India Railway Company on the servant of the Honourable Khan Bahadur Sarteraz Hussain, an orderly of the Legislative Department of the Bengal Government, when the servant, who was looking after his master's luggage, was thrust from the carriage while the train was in motion, and had to cling to a bar outside the carriage for three-quarters of an hour, and the sub inspector at Mokamah had the servant put under arrest for having complained about the assault; and what action has been taken in the matter?
§ Mr. MONTAGUYes, Sir, Mr. Speedily, a junior engineer on the East India Railway, on returning from the dining car to the first-class carriage in which he was travelling, found there a servant of the Hon. Sarfarazz Hussain, looking after his master's things in his absence. Mr. Speechly ordered the servant to leave and the latter did so, but instead of going to the servants' compartment, attempted to re-enter the carriage. Being prevented by Mr. Speechly, he travelled on the footboard to Mokamah, a run of forty-three minutes. The sub-inspector of police at that place at first made over the servant to the police in the belief that he was contravening the Railway Act by travelling on the footboard, but before the train started he was released and allowed to proceed on his journey. The Government of Bengal are considering the case. Mr. Speechly has apologised to Mr. Hussain and will be punished for his action towards the man whom he forced to remain on the footboard of a moving train.