§ Mr. SORENSENasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that Sub-inspector V. G. Agnihotu, of Dharwar, was sentenced by the sessions judge at Dharwar to nine months' imprisonment, and had his sentence confirmed by the chief justice at Bombay, on 19th August, 1936, the crime being that of beating a sick mother and her daughter with a view to extorting a confession; whether the subsequent death of the mother was due to the injuries received from the beating; and whether any further action is to be taken?
§ Mr. BUTLERThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The sub-inspector was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for this offence and to a fine; I am not clear what further action is suggested in the matter.