CALCUTTA GAOL MUTINY
. -— rr— SEVEN KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED.
(BNITED TRESS ASSOCIATION.—cePKIfIHI.)
(AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) DELHI, 28th April.
The inquiry into the Calcutta gaol mutiny elicited that two Hindu and-five Mohammedan convicts were killed, and , about 40 convicts and gaolers wounded. The troops have been withdrawn, but armed police are guarding the neighbourhood. One escaped convict was recaptured yesterday. (Received May 1, 9 a.m.) DELHI, 29th April. A fire which started during the riot destroyed the workshops,- and the^estimated damage is 300,000 rupees. The situation is fairly quiet, but the convicts are truculent.' The gaol authorities have resumed control, but a platoon of soldiers is being retained in case of further trouble. * _ Forty-six convicts are in hospital with gunshot wounds. Nineteen.escaped during the turmoil, of whom two have been arrested.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 100, 1 May 1922, Page 7
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