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266 Huzur giving all the details and risks and humbly requested for his prayers. I gave necessary instructions to the muallims to deal with any eventuality. I did not inform my family to avoid worrying them. I prayed myself and requested Huzur for prayers. I reached the relevant section of the police headquarters at the appointed time as per instructions. The in-charge inspector was busy. So I was told to wait outside. It was the first time in my life that I had come to a police station complying with summons and that too in a foreign country. I was working in Senegal for the jama’at that had not been registered there. Moreover, my family was staying there without visa. One can well imagine the condition of my mind in that situation. After a while a policeman beckeoned me to go into the office. With pounding heart and prayers I proceeded to the room. When I enetered the room I saw the policeman seated in a chair and a lady and a man sitting before him. As the police officer saw me, he stood up and hugged me warmly. That police officer had been in-charge of the check point at the border of Senegal and the Gambia. I lived nearby at Farafenni in the Gambia. It was a small town where all the people knew one another. I had good family relations with the police inspector; we visited each other and exchanged gifts. The inspector thought that I had perhaps come to him for a social visit. They asked me when did I come to Dakar and enquired about the welfare of my family. I told him that I was there in compliance with summons from his office. He was really