HC Deb 13 May 1932 vol 265 c2323W
Mr. MORGAN JONES

asked the Secretary of State for India, whether he will direct an inquiry to be held into the disturbances of 8th April last in Allahabad, when police opened fire on a procession and several rounds of buckshot were fired into a crowd which was retreating as a result of a lathi charge; and if he will inquire particularly into to complaint of the widow of Pundit Motilal Nehru as to being beaten with lathis on her head and body?

Sir S. HOARE

Under the standing orders of the United Provinces Government the Commissioner of the Division is conducting an inquiry into the firing that took place during the disturbances of 8th and 9th April.