A Canadian Sikh woman has visited a police station in Lahore where her father was stationed before the partition of the Subcontinent.
According to the details shared by media outlets, the Canadian Sikh woman, named Rajwant Kaur, visited the police station in Lahore where her father Sardar Banta Singh Dhillon was posted before 1947. Banta, like other Sikh and Hindu families, had to leave Lahore and his family. His family migrated to India where Kaur was born in 1949.
Kaur was barely one-and-a-half year old when her father died, growing up with pictures and thoughts of her late father. Kaur’s husband Waryam Sandhu is a renowned story writer and is considered one of the most celebrated writers of short films.
Recently, Kaur and her family arrived to visit Qila Gujarsingh police station, he was received by Younis Bhatti sitting on the SHO’s chair.
The SHO honored the elderly Sikh lady and respectfully asked her to sit in his empty chair.
Kaur was surprised at the hospitality of the Punjab Police. Kaur shared that she could smell her father’s scent in the walls of the police station.
The Sikh guests also thanked Ahmad Raza, head of the Punjabi Prachar organization, who made it possible for the elderly couple to see the memorials associated with their father.
Kaur and her husband also visited other important and historical places in Lahore and returned to India via Wagah border on Friday.
