A COURT FAVOURITE.
ALLEGED ABDUCTION.
(BT CABLX-rRUSS ASSOCIATIOH-COrYBIQHT.) (BEUTBR'S TELEOBAJIB.) DELHI, March 31. lii the Mumtaz Begum case tlie of the murdered man, Baula, who turned King's evidence, has received a pardon. Ho repudiated his previous statement made to tho police that he was promised 5000 rupees by the Maharaja or Indore, that he was informed when the abduction was to be carried out, and that he was asked to stop Banla s <iar when the assailant's car collided with it. He declared that this statement was made under police oompul-
81 Sergeant Watbins gave eridcnct that Baula, when in hospital, in reply to a question, declared that Mumtaz's stepfather was responsible for the abduction. "They asked for my girl," he added. . "I refused and they shot me."
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18347, 2 April 1925, Page 9
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128A COURT FAVOURITE. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18347, 2 April 1925, Page 9
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