‘COMMUNAL VIRUS HAS ENTERED THE INDIAN ARMY’
(Rec, 1 p.m.) . ■ LAHORE, August 29. The Joint Defence Council, after its meeting, announced that military planes would be used against rioters. Both the Indian and Pakistan Governments would establish concentration camps for the detention of members of armed bands. There would be shoot-on-sight orders against armed bands found committing crimes. The Defence Council, in announcing the decision to abolish the Punjab Boundary Police, said the reason was the task for the force had grown “out of all proportion to its responsibilities.” The Indian and Pakistan units of the force would be removed to their own sides of the border and mixed units would be split as soon as possible. India and Pakistan would establish separate headquarters to control the boundary area. Mrs Rejkumari Amrit Kaur, Indian Health Minister, after touring refugee camps in the East and West Punjab in company with Lady Mountbatten, said: “The communal virus has definitely entered the army.” It was not possible to trust refugees to an escort by troops belonging to another community.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 30 August 1947, Page 5
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