Muslim military picket highjacked a caravan of non-Muslims, the male members were killed and the women were raped at night. Those women never crossed the border.
“20,000 Muslims attacked Babakwal with the help of the Muslim Military. They killed about 3,000 Hindu and Sikh residents of the town and abducted 200 Hindu and Sikh ladies…[They] sold us off to different persons”
“Girls abducted from Mirpur side are sold in Jhelum city at Rs. 10 or 20 each. The local police…express their helplessness because of the attitude of the armed Pathans possessing these girls.”
“There are regular camps where Hindu girls are being sold.”
The Muzaffarabad Massacre
“…Afridis, who were armed with automatic weapons.”
“The least number shot down must be over 1000.”
“After the grown-ups and the aged were done to death the children were butchered most mercilessly by striking them against the rocks.”
The approximate number of abducted girls as told by S. Khazan Singh, a refugee, who was abducted, but made it to India by chance. The data is only from certain districts.
THE SACK OF RAJORI
“[After] Muslims are separated, begins a systematic massacre of all males except those between 25 and 35 who are healthy and strong, [who serve as laborers for the Muslim raiders.]”
“The women…are distributed by the tribesmen among themselves.”
These are just glimpses from this book. Please read it, apart from these records in appendices, it tells the tale of events after partition in Punjab, from where Hindus and Sikhs migrated to India : https://archive.org/details/muslim-league-attack-on-sikhs-and-hindus-in-the-punjab-1947-gurbachan-singh-talib-ram-swarup
(This article has been compiled from the tweet thread originally tweeted by Feluda (@feludamitter) on August 3, 2022.)
The hatred didn’t begin at partition, it always existed since the invasion. Doesn’t matter how they sugarcoat, whitewash the stench can be smelled from afar.
A ghastly story! One of the bloodiest massacres in human history. An outcome of deep-rooted hate.