FRONTIER OUTRAGES
SEVERE PENALTIES IMPOSED,
(Received 25th May, 2.15 p.m.)
DELHI, 24th May. In connection with the recent outrages the authorities have inflicted heavy penalties on the Afridis occupying independent territory in the vicinity of Kohat Pass. They imposed a fine of half a lakh of rupees and ordered the destruction of two fortified villages concerned in. the Foulkes murder case, and the expulsion of all outlaws. They have also secured the acceptance of the right of the Government to widen the road through the pass, erect telephone and telegraph lines'from Peshawar to Kohat, and to locate three armed posts inside the pass, where armed posts have never been before. The tribesmen were deeply impressed with the penalties, and, perforce, accepted them. They have already carried out the demolition of the fortified villages under the supervision of a military column.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 123, 25 May 1923, Page 8
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140FRONTIER OUTRAGES Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 123, 25 May 1923, Page 8
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