INDIAN TERRORISTS
AFFRAY WITH POLICE ONE REVOLUTIONARY KILLED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. CALCUTTA, May 4. A dramatic revolver battle between tho police and Jagdish and Snkdevraj (two suspected revolutionaries) occurred in tho Shalimar Gardens, near Lahore. Tho men were wanted in connection with terrorist conspiracies in tho Punjab. The police, after combing the city, tracked them to the gardens, where they were sheltering behind trees. The men opened fire and the police replied, killing Jagdish and seriously wounding Snkdevraj. A reward of £230 has been offered for the arrest of the latter. THE REBELLION IN BURMA SITUATION GROWING WORSE. DELHI, May 4. (Received May 5, at 11 a.m.) Despite large-scale military and police operations against the Burmese rebels, tho situation is growing worse. The Crown forces are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with tho guerrilla warfare, murder, and loot in tho jungles of tho Tharrawaddy district. Tho Government policy of favouring police action rather than military operations is regarded as having done little to quell the rebellion. More troops are now moving up.
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Evening Star, Issue 20784, 5 May 1931, Page 9
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173INDIAN TERRORISTS Evening Star, Issue 20784, 5 May 1931, Page 9
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