Life of Ahmad — Page 612
POLICE HARASS AHMAD as as 612 of the probability of the murderer being a Hindu. The reason for this is that the Hindus had been injured to the same extent by the abuses of the pandit as the Muhammadans and, in the words of the Editor of the Akhb a r-e-‘ A m who is himself a pandit, Lekhr a m used to abuse Hindu saints in the same harsh tone as the Muhammadan saints and that therefore an orthodox Hindu or an orthodox Muhammadan may equally be suspected of his murder. There is no reason, therefore that a Muslim be specified for such suspicion. And the private reason of this murder has also been published in newspapers; and the Civil and Military Gazette , which is a neutral paper, remarks that it is possible that after all the murder may only have been a private one. ' Again Maulaw i Muhammad Husain wrote: 'I do not regard the Mirza as the murderer of Lekhr a m, nor do I believe in his being involved in the conspiracy of murder. ' (Vol. 18, No. 9, p. 265). The next hearing of the case was to take place on January 27th at Dhariwal so Ahmad as gave directions on the evening of the 25th for preparations to be made for the journey. Hakim Fa d l D i n ra made all the arrangements. At about 8:30 the next morning Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra got into an ekka with a few friends to catch the train for Dhariwal from Batala. Ahmad as left Qadian for Dhariwal at about 11 o’clock