Life of Ahmad — Page 545
as DR. CLARK DRAGS HIM INTO COURT 545 'I am ill, and I want to take leave, and I am afraid my witness may be tampered with. I should like the case to go on at once. ' To this Col. Douglas replied: 'On the evidence you have, I can’t possibly charge Ghulam Ahmad with any offence until there has been investigation, but I see no objection to asking him to give security to maintain the peace, if your evidence justifies that course being taken. ' So proceedings were begun under section 107. Summons was issued to Ahmad as on 9-8-1897 to appear in court at Batala on 10-8-1897. The enquiry commenced on August 10th, and the statements of Dr. Clark, Abdul H am i d, Abdur Ra hi m (formerly a Hindu barber), Prem D a s, Maulaw i N u r- ud-D i n ra , Sh. Ra h matullah, Maulaw i Muhammad Husain, Prabh Day a l and Ahmad as were recorded. Dealing with the evidence Col. Douglas says: 132 'The evidence so far dealt with had occupied up to August 13th. Abdul Hamid, up to this stage, had been kept entirely under the supervision of certain subordinate Christians belonging to the C. M. S. service, notably Abdur Rahim, Waris Din (a Christian of Jandiala) and Prem Das. Dr. Clark was of the opinion that he knew more than he had divulged. I, personally, thought his 132 This is reproduced from the Muslim Times , London, dated 16-4- 1936.