POLICE IN INDIA.
LOW STANDARD OF NATIVES.
SITTING OF COMMISSION.
Australian and N.Z. Press Association. CALCUTTA, Dec. 16
Giving evidence before the Simon Commission at Patna, Mr Walter Swain, In-spector-General of Police for Bihar arid Orissa, said that 99 per cent, of the constables. 75 per cent, of the head constables and 50 per cent, of the sub-in-upectors at Bihar were corrupt, the low moral standard being attributable to the miserable pay of the force, which was less than that, of unskilled labourers,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20132, 18 December 1928, Page 11
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