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The dacoits commit the dacoity, loot cash and jewellery and kill Lala Ram Lal ruthlessly. One night in August, five dacoits came to Mano Majra with the intention to commit dacoity in the house of the money-lender, Lala Ram Lal, but they carry a packet of bangles to be dropped at Jugga’s house since Jugga had refused to be a party with them in their plan. Therefore, the trains and the railway station play an important role in the life of the people in Mano Majra. The arrivals and departures of the trains regulate the daily routine in Mano Maira. The priest at the Sikh temple is alerted by the mullah’s call. Mail trains do not stop at this station, but the morning mail train’s whistle tells the mullah at the mosque that it is time for prayer. Only two passenger trains, one from Delhi to Lahore the morning and the other from Lahore to Delhi in evening, stop at the station. The Station Master himself sells tickets, collects tickets at the exit, sends messages over the telegraph. Mano Mara has a railway station which has a colony of shopkeepers and hawkers who supply food, betel leaves, etc. The three buildings surround a common courtyard having a large peepal tree in the middle. Mano Majra has only three brick buildings, house of the money-lender Lala Ram Lal, the Sikh temple and the mosque. They visit the Sikh temple which is visited by all, even by Lala Ram Lal. There are a few families of sweepers who belong to neither of the religious communities, but they have goined the American missionaries in dance and singing. The Sikhs are the land owners and the Muslims are the tenants. The others, the Sikhs and the Muslims are in equal number. Only seventy families live in that village. The novelist describes life in Mano Majra a small village, half a mile from the bank of Sutlej.