PRISONERS IN INDIA.
COAIPLAINT OF CRUELTY. Calcutta, Dec. 12. A debate, marked by impassioned speeches, and at times extreme heat, ended in the Bengal Legislative Council carrying against the Government, by eight votes, a motion for the adjournment, to discuss the recent treatment of political prisoners. A complaint was made that three prisoners wore transferred, at a moment’s notice, without any clothing, from Berliampore to Hazaribagh gaols. Sir. Hugh Stephenson, replying on behalf of the Government, proved that the prison authorities were faced with virtual mutiny. There was always much trouble, at Berliampore, on account of the number of political prisoners there. When they -were told of their transfer the three prisoners refused io ;go. They became most abusive, and declined to put on the., ample warm clothing with which they were supplied : by the authorities ’
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 January 1926, Page 15
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