POLICE RAID CONGRESS
AMAZING SCENES ENACTED
FORTY BUILDINGS VISITED
TWQ HUNDRED ARRESTED
CHARGES DISPERSE CROWDS
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7-25 p.m. Delhi, Oct. 16. There ..were amazing scenes in Bombay yesterday when .5000 armed police made a dramatic early morning raid at Congress organisations throughout the city under the new ordinance against unlawful associations. Forty buildings were raided where seditious activities occurred. Seventy were arrested at the Congress headquarters, including 23 boys. The Congress flag flying over the buildings was hauled down and the Union Jack hoisted instead.
Up to a late hour last night 200 were arrested, tried at the Byculla gaol and sentenced to terms varying from two to > three months, but the leaders were sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. Crowds which watched the raids were dispersed by police charges.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1930, Page 7
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