The Qadian Diary — Page 33
Eyewitness Testimonies 33 refuse to leave and continue to hang around in the prison. This meant that the other prisoners had to share their daily rations with them. When the number of extra prisoners reached between 25-30, a vehicle was arranged to take them away. The orders for our own release had also arrived by then. We were taken to Batala. When we arrived there we saw a convoy of refugees, which seemed as though it had come under attack. We were given over to the custody of a Sikh captain who after issuing us with various threats told us to join the convoy. All around us were Sikh militias armed with kirpans, swords, and other weapons. They kept on asking the captain to step aside with his men so that they could slaughter the refugees. But the captain kept them at bay and ordered us to quickly join the convoy. We were grateful to him for this and considered ourselves blessed. With the caravan we made our way to Lahore via Jassar Bridge. We still had a letter which Shah Sahib had given us for Huzoor. However, we were reluctant to appear before Huzoor in our shabby and run down state. But Huzoor graciously received us and we were able to give him the letter. Eye-witness story of how Sir Mohammad Zafrullah Khan’s house at Qadian was looted and taken possession of by the Military. I, Aziz Ahmad Bajwa son of Ch. Mohammad Abdullah Khan Sahib (deceased) solemnly affirm and declare as follows:— 1. That I am a son of the maternal uncle of Ch. Sir Mohammad Zafrullah Khan Sahib, K. C. S. I. , Ex- Judge of the Federal Court of India and am incharge of the whole property of Chaudhry Sahib aforesaid in the Gurdaspur District along with his house ‘Bait-