The Qadian Diary — Page 88
Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad 74 if they proceeded without a special permit from him. 4. On the 28th of September Mohalla Darul-Shukr was attacked and the inhabitants thereof were ejected by force. 5. Meanwhile some of our convoys consisting of sever- al trucks that were sent from Lahore to Qadian to evacuate our women-folk and children were by force taken away from us to defeat us in our intention of sending out our children and ladies to a safe place. Only a week back Lt -Col. Gurbachan Singh of 2nd Punjab told us that a convoy comprising 36 trucks was returned to Lahore from Batala. 6. The different Mohallas of Qadian were depopulated, looted and despoiled one after another in rapid succession. 7. On the 29th of September the various houses situ- ated in Mohalla Darul-Anwar were looted with the instigation and support of the Police and the Mili- tary detachment (Rajput Contingent under Captain Magh Singh). 8. On the 27th and 28th September all the cows, buffaloes, oxen and horses numbering about 5,000 belonging to the refugees and also to the inhabitants of Qadian were taken away by force in one single day in broad day light by the Police, thus depriving us and our children of our milk supply. 9. On the 1st of October the Police took possession of all our flour mills and we were not allowed to have our wheat grounded into flour, up till the day before yesterday when Mr. M. S. Soni, the Ilaqa Magistrate