The Governor of Lahore's troops, consisting of 10,000 men under Abd al-Samad Khan, marched from the south.

All the boats had been withdrawn to the opposite bank, which was closely guarded by numerous local chiefs and Mughal government officials.

[citation needed] Due to all escape routes being barred, Banda Bahadur and his army rushed into the haveli of Duni Chand, which had a large open compound with a wall around it, at the village of Gurdas Nangal, 6 km to the west of Gurdaspur.

The whole summer from April to June, the entire rainy season from July to September, and half of winter from October to the beginning of December passed during the siege, with frequent sorties and occasional skirmishes.

Their bodies were then cut up in search of gold coins which the Mughal army believed that they had swallowed.

They were put in Delhi fort and pressurized to give up their faith, convert to Islam and become Muslim but they refused to do so, Later Banda Singh Bahadur was executed with his 780 followers.