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Letters, Correspondence, and Articles 65 shop. A Captain was a witness of this. The culprits were caught redhanded but were soon let off. ( viii ) The number of refugees gathered at Qadian from the neighbouring villages mounted to more than 40,000. The Gov- ernment has not provided a single day’s ration or cooked food. The Ahmadiyya Community in these difficult days went on feeding this large number for many days. The Government saw this and ordered that no body could keep more than two bags of wheat in stock. What was this order meant for, if it was not for starving both outside refugees and Qadian Ahmadies? ( ix ) Curfew was imposed on Qadian without cause. Curfew restrictions were imposed even outside curfew hours. Vexatious and infructuous searches were made during curfew. The house of the Head of the Community and the house of his eldest son Mirza Nasir Ahmad and other members of the family were searched. The houses of many other respectable Ahmadies were also searched. Nothing incriminating was found during these searches, even though the floors of some of the houses were also dug up. ( x ) Many licensed arms were taken away by the Police after these searches. These have still to be returned. A gun belonging to the Head of the Community, a rifle belonging to a nephew of his, a revolver from another nephew of his were taken away. A recent report is that the Police is now demanding from Ahmadies a list of all licensed arms at Qadian, which shows that they want to carry off all arms so that an attack on that small portion of Qadian which is still left may be rendered easy. ( xi ) Some objectionable material was found with a refugee that had come from a neighbouring village. It was wrongly attributed to the Ahmadiyya Community. True, a Government communique later admitted that the material in question had been found with a refugee, but the India press continues to