"London 1st April 1839
My dear Sir Mancherjee
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As far as we know the charge on which Attar Singh has been dismissed is that he gave a loan to Da Rocha. He admits that he was present at the transaction when Ganda Singh gave a loan to Dalocha. This he denies.
It is contended that it was not Attar Singh's duty to interfere to prevent the transaction which was not a breach of no rule.
# This is entirely confirmed:
1st: by Stanton's statement: he says that Da Rocha was not a constable at all but a telephone clerk in the civil service, not under the police ordinance nor to the rules and regulations, and that it was not Attar Singh's duty to interfere to stop the transaction.
2nd: by the fact that Darocha has not been dismissed. With reference to both these, see Stanton's statement.
I think this is extremely important and I send this in duplicate and annexure in order that if you think well, you may add a copy of it to the memorandum, or if it is already with the Colonial Secretary, a copy of this letter may be handed to him for his kind consideration.
The non-dismissal of Da Rocha, which was noted in the Continuation as remarkable (on the supposition that Da Rocha was guilty, at least equally to blame), would, if Attar Singh is innocent, be an additional argument of the greatest weight, in favour of Attar Singh's innocence.
If Da Rocha was not a constable, Attar Singh did nothing wrong in being present at the giving of the loan.
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