The Archive · 1926

The Bomb Factory in Calcutta

Nine Bengalis Found Guilty

Calcutta, Jan. 9.

A special tribunal has found the nine Bengalis arrested in connexion with the discovery of the bomb factory ina suburb of Calcutta in November guilty. 'Three have been sentenced to trans portion for years, four to five years' rigorous imprisonment and two to three years' imprisonment.

Tt was stated at the beginning of the trial that the police had discovered besides the bomb explosives a document addressed to a clerk of a steamer indicating how arms and ammunition were being smuggled into India from Singapore and the Far East-—Reuter.

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