AMRITSAR RIOTS.
COMPLAINTS OP THE AKAXIS. (Re rived M..-.Oh.iii.i IjONTOX, October 15. A <-omroittec of non-ro-oiwattfrs investigatin;.' till" allegel police exce?scs against Akali Sikhs who seized :i shrine «t Amritsar, has disnerprd. The last Imllotin rompluin* ihaX no PvUViiei , «a> tendered on bflialf of thp Ciovemmpnt. The Aknli loader* isriiod ,i i-mnmuniquc cempinining of insufficient ai-rommoda-tioTi in the local gaol ami al-*o of the food, stating that !»00 prisoners word there, though tlie aoi-omoclation was only siiftieient for 150. Vigorous counter propaganda again«t. Akali? i* lifinp ieeued, pointing out that the Akalis an- not the only Sikh*, ami do not repveSßiit other iect<. It the Akalis seize shrine* tli<> religious iibor ties of other sects will bo affected, ff one sect tako= iK>»sps*ion <>f «hrines forcibly it is quite likely thai another sect, will act similarly, consequently instead of peace there will be continual religious suite.—iA. and S./..)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 245, 16 October 1922, Page 5
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148AMRITSAR RIOTS. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 245, 16 October 1922, Page 5
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