Sir J. D. REESasked the Secretary of State for India what were the cir- 1699W cumstances attending the trial of Swami Govind Anand, at Karachi.; and what was the result of the trial?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe Swami was a leading non-co-operator of Karachi. He was charged, in the middle of April, with sedition and with acting so as to cause enmity between different classes of His Majesty's subjects. But I have no detailed information as to what he had said or done. He was convicted and sentenced to five years' imprisonment.