The Qadian Diary — Page 13
13 and Sheikh Niaz Muhammad, a retired inspector of police. These weapons are seized in contempt of a clear agreement between the two new dominions that the licensed arms of refugees would not be taken. Law enforcement authorities arrest Maulawi Ahmad Khan Nasim, a scholar of Arabic and the missionary in charge of over- seeing local preaching efforts of the community. Another Arabic scholar, Maulawi Abdul Aziz, who has been acting as a liaison between the community and the police, is also taken into custody. These arrests are made under Sections 396 and 397 of the IPC and are without cause or warrant. According to reports, both men are severely mistreated during their custody. Several homes in Mohalla Darul Anwaar are looted. These include the properties of Colonel Dr Attaullah, the Assistant Director of General of the Medical Service of Pakistan: Khan Bahadur Chaudhry Abul Hashim MA, a retired inspector of schools; and Maulawi Abdul Rahim Dard MA a former imam of the London Mosque. 30 September 1947 The police forbid local sweepers from cleaning the homes of Muslims, thereby increasing the disquiet and misery of Muslim households. 1 – 6 October 1947 Military personnel in Batala prevent a convoy sent by the Pakistani government from proceeding to Qadian, under the pretext that the road to the town is being repaired. Sikh militias and non-Muslim soldiers of the Indian army attack another convoy that is already in Batala, and which includes the son of the author of this diary,