[1] Lakhpat was the revenue minister of Lahore and wanted to take revenge on the Sikhs.
[citation needed] He convinced the Mughal governor to take action against the Sikhs.
[2][3] However, Purnima Dhavan gives a smaller figure of 400 Sikhs being killed in the massacre.
[1] As per Rattan Singh Bhangu's Panth Prakash, Lakhpat Rai specifically sought out copies of the Guru Granth Sahib in-order to destroy them.
[citation needed] His son, Dalpat Rai, sought asylum in Jammu State and settled there.