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300 fate of the Calf of S a mir i. Just as the calf was dismembered on a Saturday, burnt to ashes, and the ashes dispersed in a river, so did it happen with Lekh Ram, for, being a Hindu, he was cremated and his ashes thrown into a river. The story of Lekh Ram’s murder is as follows: A man came to Lekh Ram claiming to be a Muslim and wanting to convert to Hinduism. It is said that the man had bloodshot eyes. People tried to dissuade Lekh Ram from letting this man stay with him but he did not listen to them. Lekh Ram started to trust him and appointed the fateful Saturday as the day when he would be con - verted to Hinduism. Lekh Ram was busy writing when he asked the man to hand him a book. The man, pretending to give Lekh Ram the book, slipped a knife into his belly and turned the knife round and round so as to cut the entrails thoroughly. Then, accord - ing to the statements of Lekh Ram’s family, the man disappeared. Lekh Ram was on the upper floor of the house and many people were gathered at the entrance on the ground floor but no one saw him leave. Lekh Ram’s mother and wife were certain he was still in the house and yet he could not be found despite a thorough search. Lekh Ram died in great agony on Sunday, and it was on a Sunday that the Promised Messiah as had seen in a Vision this fero - cious-looking person with bloodshot eyes who had asked for the whereabouts of Lekh Ram. Lekh Ram died and his death served as proof of the truth of the Promised Messiah as and as a warning to those who vilify the noble person of the Holy Prophet s as.