Answer - “Yes, we warned them repeatedly."
Question No. 81 - To Court: “Who gave the warning?”
Answer “We all."
Question No. 82 - “What do you mean by 'all?”
Answer-"D.I.G., D.M. and myself all warned them and ultimately firing was opened."
Question No 83 - To Mr. H. Rahman: “Would you give us the approximate time of the firing?”
Answer- “At about 3 p.m."
Question No. 84- “What was the effect?”
Answer - “One man dropped down that was at the university playground."
Question No. 85- “What was further casualty?”
Answer - “We could not ascertain that."
Question No. 86 - “Why not?”
Answer-Because the attitude of the mob was very violent. To make any attempt to recover the dead and the injured persons from amongst the rioters would have been a severe fight. That was my reading of the situation at that time because even after the firing throwing of brickbats continued."
Question No. 87 - “You have said that after the second firing the mob fell back and you ordered 'cease fire'. When the mob fell back did you see any injured person in the street?”.
Answer “No."
Question No. 88 - “What happened to that person who died?
Answer-The dead body was removed by ambulance."
Question No. 89 “By whom?”
Answer-"I could not tell you."
Question No. 90 - “You have told my Lord the situation in which you opened firing. Would you now tell my Lord what would be the result had you not ordered open firing?”
Answer - “Had I not opened firing all the forces could have been over powered."
Question No. 91-"Is it your case then that firing was necessary for your protection and for the protection of your force?”
Answer-That was my object; otherwise firing would have been done long ago. It was only when we were being overpowered we fired to save ourselves."
Question No. 305 “In one word, Mr. Idris, is it not a fact that the firing was rather excessive and was not called for by the exigency of the situation?”
