The Qadian Diary — Page 92
Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad 78 the Magistrate has not been able to protect us against the high-handedness of Police. 19. For several days the Ahmadi population of Qadian were denied the services of the sweepers with the result that extremely unhygienic conditions prevailed and the sanitation was and still is in a woeful state. Our plight was all the more aggravated by the fact that thousands of refugees were dumped on us who were made to stay here for weeks and weeks. Thanks to the Ilaqa Magistrate sweeperesses were later ordered to do the cleaning up and remove the filth. Ahmadi men and women living packed up in the two camps have suffered much from these awfully insanitary conditions. There are dozens of cases of dysentry and cholera. 20. On the night of 7th October four bombs were thrown in Masjid Aqsa from the adjoining Hindu and Sikh houses, one of these having exploded with terrific shock. Simultaneously three bombs were thrown in the houses near the Boarding House outside the town where our people are living. One of these bombs ex- ploded as a result of which a woman suffered severe burning. Eight or nine shots also were fired at these houses at the same time, one of these having hit the western wall of the Boarding House. 21. I have already mentioned the forcible usurpation of our Hospital, apart from which all of our chemists’ shops have been closed to us. We are denied access to them. You can easily imagine our predicament. 22. On the 3rd, 4th and 5th October many young girls