HC Deb 20 May 1930 vol 239 c226W
Mr. FREEMAN

asked the Secretary of State for India whether any protests have been received by him or the Government of India from public bodies or commercial organisations with reference to the use made by the police or military of their emergency powers in connection with the civil resistance movement; and, if so, what are the terms of the protests?

Mr. BENN

I cannot answer as to the Government of India, but I have myself received no such protests.

Mr. FREEMAN

asked the Secretary of State for India whether any reports, and, if so, what, have been received by him or the Government of India from representative Indians or Indian organisations as to the action of police with regard to unarmed Indians in connection with the civil resistance movement?

Mr. BENN

I cannot answer as to the Government of India, The only protests of the kind which I have received are allegations of rough handling by the police of civil resisters at Kalikapur in Bengal and Viramgaum in the Bombay Presidency.