RAID BY 100 POLICE
ON FIVE INDIANS. M ADR A s S ENS AT lON. (Received May 5 at 10.40 p.m.) CALCUTTA. May 5. More than one hundred police were involved in a ‘‘round-up” of Bengali terrorists in a house in the city of Madras yesterday. There was terrific excitement lasting an hour. The roundup resulted in One Bengali being killed and three being captured, while* one escaped. The police forced an entry to the house. Thereupon the suspects tried to escape over the roof. There followed a running fight with revolvers, in which one terrorist throw a bomb injuring himself and a policeman. The former died. Three others jumped into the street, and they wen* captured after a thrilling pursuit. Another is still at large. The police ascertained that, they were a closely identified with the Ootaeamund bank robbery last week.
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Grey River Argus, 6 May 1933, Page 5
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