An Excerpt from the Travel Journal of Nigel Fox dated January 27, 1948 ENTRY 41 -- The Opened Scroll The Viceroy's other Boundary Force, in the Punjab, was not faring well. Nearly 60,000 soldiers, well trained and equipped, were totally unable to keep the peace. In Amritsar, Sikhs slaughtered Muslims en masse. Muslim women were violated, then herded, disrobed through the streets. After being thoroughly dehumanised, the frightened women and girls had their throats cut. In Lahore, things were the worst. Train load after train load of corpses arrived at the station. Each compartment contained a mass of human bodies with an assortment of arms, legs, and other body parts strewn along the corridor. As a train arrived, a member of the Boundary Force would call out: "You are in Lahore. We are Muslims and Christians.
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