The Archive · 1928

Dastardly Story

London, July 30.

Replying in the House of Commons to-day to questions, the Under. Secretary for India, Earl Winterton, stated that the 'Government of} Bengal -vere prosecuting the editor, printer and publisher of the Swaraist newspaper "Forward" in respect of the publication' in the paper of a letter alleging that some of the Government railway staff hillel a number of the jared in the: necident at Dan! 4

21 persons were injured. The Government of india, too, had ordered the prosecution of the newspaper "Pionece" by the East Indian Railway for reproducing the same letter. Two. libel suits had also been filed by the agent and other railway officers against the "Forward" Publishing Ca it he reward for the detection jection of th val of the 20,000 rupees.

Four arrests have already been! made—Reuter.

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