When we study India before independence our soul trembles with fear after learning about the cruelty of the British. Many Indians were imprisoned and hanged for trying to liberate their country. But have you ever heard of a tree getting arrested?
You might have seen only humans and animals being imprisoned or chained but today we are going to tell you something that will blow your mind.
Have you ever heard of any tree getting imprisoned for 121 years? A banyan tree has been kept in chains in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Yes, it is bound by chains and there is a tablet on it which reads ‘I am under arrest’.
According to Pakistani newspaper Dawn, this story dates back to 1898 when a drunken British officer named James Squid was walking in the Landy Kottak Army Cantonment. At the same time, he realized that the banyan tree in front is coming towards him. He was terribly nervous and ordered the soldiers present there to arrest the tree. The soldiers obeyed the order, and tied it with chains. Even after 121 years, the tree still remains under chains.
This tree has become a tourist attraction and thus it is still under imprisonment. People come to see this tree cluttered in chains from distant places.
