Sikhism - Culture - Gurmat Veechar

Next day morning they placed the head before their leader Sham
Singh at Budha Joharand announced the liberation ofHarmandir
Sahib. All the Sikhs present there welcomed them with Jaikaras of
~BOLE SO NIHAL', SAT SRI AKAAL.' And congratulated them.
Back at Amritsar, there was a big hue and cry after the happening.
The Mughal forces searched the 'culprits', 'The Brave Sikhs' all
around but could not get a cue.
Later one, Aqil Dass Jandiala, a government informer informed
the governor that Sukha Singh and Mehtab Singh had killed Massa
Rangarhand took away his head. They were living in Bikaner but were
absconding at that time. He also informed that Sukha Singh was not
married but Mehtab Singh's wife and seven years old son, Rai Singh
were living at Mirankot whom he had left in the care ofNatha Khaira,
the headman ofvillage before going underground. The governor sent
his commander with the army to Mirankot immediately for catching
and bringing the culprits to him. He also asked the commander that if
he was not there his son be brought over. At the demand of the
Commander, Natha Khaira did not hand over Rai Singh to him
but preferred to fight and attain martyrdom along with his son,
nephew and two servants to save his friend's son. During the
skirmish Rai Singh was badly wounded and left for dead but he
later recovered. Natha Khaira and his son attained martyrdom.
There was no trace ofMehtab Singh.
Later on Rai Singh's son Bhai Rattan Singh wrote Panth Parkash.
He has mentioned that five years later, on receiving the news of the
arrest ofBhai Tarn Singh he surrendered himselfvoluntarily to die by
hisside. With the orders ofthe Governor of Lahore, he was tortured,
broken on the wheels and thus martyred in June 1745 A.D.
Bhai Sukha Singh too did not fall into the hands ofthe killers .He
obtained his martyrdom while fighting the forces ofNadir Shah Durani
near Lahore in 1753.
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Bhai Mehtab Singh & Bhai Sukha Singh / 203