Did Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Cut His Own Sons Heart Out?

[Into the Light]

http://www.punjabnew...h-bahadur/49297

in the above article there is a poem by Rabindranath Tagore about Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Jee's Shaheedi...it's been translated into english. The portion that is of interest is highlighted below in red. I always thougt Baba Banda Singh Bahadur refused to kill his own son...but the below says he did...anyone know if the below passage is correct according to Sikh Itihaas?

The Mughals and Sikhs together kicked up

the dust of Delhi thoroughfares;

Who will offer his life first?

There was a rush to settle this;

In the morning hundreds of heroes

offered heads to the executioner,

calling "Glory be to Guruji";

The Kazi put into Banda's lap one of his sons;

Said... must kill him with own hands;

Without hesitation, saying nothing,

slowly Banda pulled the child on his breast;

Then slowly drawing the knife from the belt, looking at the boy's face,whispered

"Glory be to Guruji", in the boy's ears.

The young face beamed;

The court room shook as the boy sang,

"Glory be to Guruji;"

Banda then threw the left arm around his neck

and with the right plunged the knife into the boy's breast;

The boy dropped on the ground,

smiling, saying "Glory be to Guruji".

The court was dead silent.

The executioner tore apart Banda's body

with a pair of red-hot tongs;

Standing still the hero died,

not uttering a sound of agony;

The audience closed their eyes;

The court was dead silent.

[Singh559]

Waheguru

[ghatak]

I have never heard that baba banda singh bahadur did that.

i dont think he will do it either.

[PAL 07]

As far as i know the evil rulers killed his son and ripped his heart out and forced Banda Bahadur to eat it. He replied these are ladoos in celebration of me soon being dead and thus merging with Mahakaal

[chatanga]

Dhan DHan Baba Banda Singh Ji

A kavi has written :

Farrukh siyar: " Look Banda, at your son, the vultures will soar into the sky with his body!!

Banda Singh : " O Emperor! The Khalsa flag will fly higher than the vultures!!!

I think it was Giani kartaar Singh classwale who wrote it. Amazing.

[N30S1NGH]

dhan dhan baba banda singh ji..amazing scarifice..Vahiguroo!!

[singh135]

Why did he cut out his sons hurt on the request of emperor?

[Mehtab Singh]

Baba Banda Singh Bahadur ad Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa, the 2 names that are always feared by all dushts who dared to mess with Sikhs.

[N30S1NGH]

He didn't cut out his son heart. His son heart was cut out by mughals and shoved in baba banda singh bahudar mouth..vahiguroo..what a painful moment it must have been..!!!!

[Mehtab Singh]

Hanji, in fact Baba ji said "We don't commit zulm on innocents. Even if I had your son in my lap, I wouldn't harm him".