The Qadian Diary — Page 63
Letters, Correspondence, and Articles 49 members of the Central Ahmadiyya Association— Ch. Fateh Mohammad Sial, M. A. , M. L. A. , and Syed Zain-ul-Abidin Wali Ullah Shah, Nazir, Umoor Amma—have been arrested under Section 302 I. P. C. by the Srigobindpur Police. I do not in any way mean to interfere with the course of justice but as a gentleman speaking to a gentleman I should convince you that these two gentlemen are innocent of the charge laid against them. If you can do anything to help these really innocent men it will certainly be an act of virtue, otherwise, we shall have to be resigned to the fate that may await them. It is rumoured that more arrests are contemplated and that vexatious searches are going to be made. We leave the matter to you and to your good conscience. Personally I have so far no complaint to make (and indeed do not desire to make) against the present Sikh A. S. I. of Qadian. He has been here for the last several years and knows all local communities and all communities know him and we should not desire his transfer (for we do not know what sort of officer will replace him) but the Station House Officers of the neighbouring Police Stations may sometimes resort to an undesirable course of action and we stand in need of your sym- pathy in checking this. This may be all hearsay to you but I have no earthly means of convincing you of the present state of affairs in and round about Qadian except requesting you to kindly come here personally and see things for yourself. I certainly sympathise with those Sikhs and Hindus who have suffered in West Punjab but that cannot alleviate our sufferings in the East. May God protect and help us all, and