Life of Ahmad — Page 527
as PT. LEKHR A M’S DEATH 527 saying that Ganga Bishan could not deny him a privilege which he himself had used in adding to the conditions a demand for Rs. 10,000. Moreover, he explained that if the matter was not to have any bearing upon the religious issue it was absolutely idle and useless. Three other persons—Sant R a m 124 of Pind Dadan Khan, Ranj i t R a ’i of Srigobindpur and Daulat R a m— offered themselves to take the oath. Ahmad as , however, thought that Ganga Bishan had a better and prior right. But neither Ganga Bishan, who was given the title of A rya Bah a dur by the A rya Press, nor anyone else was so convinced of the truth of A rya Sam a j as to be ready to sacrifice everything, including his life, for his faith. Ahmad as , on the other hand, had no desire to waste time in idle competitions; so the matter ended there. A post-mortem examination of Pt, Lekhr a m’s body was held by the authorities concerned; and in view of the excitement of the Hindus the Government decided to search the house of Ahmad as to satisfy itself as to whether Ahmad as had anything to do with Pt. Lekhr a m’s murder. An ordinary person would have been scared if the police searched his house and an innocent man of position would have felt annoyed at these proceedings. But not so Ahmad as. God had told him that there was nothing to fear. He lived in a different world. His trust was in God who had 124 A book entitled Iz a la’-e-Auh a m Ahmadiyya was published by him.