 In 1928, at Howrah, in connection with the Bamangachi Firing case, he condemned the firing on a crowd of protesters by the police led by a British officer.The matter was raised in the British House of Lords and Lord Birkenhead, then Secretary of State for India in the British Government, had to answer angry questions.British Parliamentarians wanted Dutt, referred to as this Indian officer, punished for having the audacity to question a British officer’s action.