INDIAN SHOOTING

Grey River Argus, 3 May 1932, Page 3

INDIAN SHOOTING

MAGISTRATE DIES. OTHER -OUTRAGES. (Aus. & N.Z. Cab]** Assn"). CALCUTTA, May 1. Mr Douglas, district Magistrate at Midnapore, Western Bengal, who was shot with a revolver and seriously wounded by a youth, has -’died of his injuries. Deceased specialised in finance, and was highly esteemed in the ,Civil Ser vice. He succeeded James Peddie, who was similarly murdered last year. n He’ lis the fourth British official assassin ated by terrorists in Bengal within I twelve months. CALCUTTA, May 2. Captain D. P. Lambert was attacked at the Indian Military Hospital at Lahore and was severely injured. The attacker is unknown. An Indian while asleep suffered severe head wounds. In regard to the shooting of Magistrate Douglas, it is now learned that two Bengalis were involved. One, who was captured, was a clerk at the Dis trict Board office of which Douglas had charge.