CAWNPORE: Judgement was delivered yesterday [Dec 23] by Mr. F.N. Crofts, District and Session Judge, in Bhognipore sub-inspector murder case in which 68 persons were prosecuted for alleged rioting and murder of Mr. Naqvi, a sub-inspector. The judge convicted and sentenced the accused Uma Shanker and 15 other accused to death. Four other accused were awarded transportation for life, while the remaining accused were acquitted. According to the prosecution, Mr. Naqvi had gone to the village in connection with some investigation of a case. He arrested one person under Section 151, I.P.C. While he was taking the arrested person with him he was assaulted by a mob of villagers, as a result of which he was killed on the spot.

[Meanwhile,] Qaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, President of the All-India Muslim League, enters his 69th year today [Dec 25]. According to information received here, [he] has received a large number of telegrams and letters wishing him a long life. Although presented by the non-Muslim press and public as the “only hindrance in the way of India’s independence”, a glance at the life of Mr. Jinnah will convince he has been moving heaven and earth for Hindu-Muslim unity. (Dawn, Delhi)

Published in Dawn, December 25th, 2014