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Maharaja .
Suspended
NEW DELHI, Wednesday.
It is officially announced that
the powers of administration
of the Maharaja of RIewa have
been suspended.
"Evidence has come into the posses
sion of the Crown indicating the com
lilicity of the Maharaja of Rewa in
certain criminal offences of so grave
a nature that the Viceroy had referred
the case to a commission of enquiry,"
a communique stated. "It is neces
sary, to enable the case to be con
plcted for submission to the commis
sion, that further investigations should
be made within Rewa State. and the
Viceroy is convinced that such an in
vestigation could not satisfactorily be
conducted while the Maharaja remains
in charge of the administration or
within the state boundaries.
"Therefore the Viceroy considered
that the Maharaja should for the time
being reside, outside the state and ab
stain from anly interference with the
conduct of the enquiry. As the Maha
raja of Rewa indicated his unwilling
ness to acquiesce, the Viceroy suspend
ed the Maharaja's powers of admin
istration and deputed a political ifilcer
to take temporary charge of Rewa's
state affairs."
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