SITUATION BY NO MEANS QUIET
HINDUS' HOMES TO BE GUARDED (Rec. 10.10 a.m.) CALCUTTA, October 20. Dr Suhrawardy, after , a tour of the Noakhali riot area, said the additional troops for which he had asked would be used to guard Hindus’ homes. The Hindus were justified in feeling insecure. The situation had by no means settled down. “We saw from the air no signs of the complete devastation which had been reported. A number of houses had been razed, but, generally 'speaking, few houses were damaged." Archarya Kripalani, President-elect of the Indian National Congress, stated that information from refugees confirmed the Press reports of looting, arson, murder, forcible conversion to the Moslem faith, and abduction of women. Refugees from the Tippera district alone numbered 40,000. It was impossible to ascertain the exact figures of tfie killed and wounded at present, because the area was closed to the publio and the Government.
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Evening Star, Issue 25928, 21 October 1946, Page 7
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151SITUATION BY NO MEANS QUIET Evening Star, Issue 25928, 21 October 1946, Page 7
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