Four, Sir Mowbrey, Delafosse and privates Murphy and Sullivan, swam to safety. They rejoined their army and ensured the villagers and Ram Baksh were punished.
It was never known for sure if he was involved in the killings, but with mutiny passions running high, if the rulers wished to remain loyal to the British, they'd have been lynched.
After the reprisals began, Ram Baksh was found hiding far from his village. But loyalty to native rulers remained strong, so no villager from his area agreed to identify him.
