 Lal Singh was regularly supplying information and even receiving instructions from British officers, communicating through Captain Peter Nicholson.Lal Singh was , a shopkeeper native to Sahgol in the Jehlum District.He entered the service of the Sikh government in 1832, working as a writer in the treasury, and, according to some sources, converting from his original Hinduism to Sikhism in order to secure a place at court.