Shivaji and His Times c8.s29.3

c8.s29.3

The vigorous inquiry made at the capital gradually brought to light the details of the romantic flight. Suspicion naturally fell on Ram Singh, as he had so often tried to avoid accepting responsibility for Shiva's presence at Agra, and it was his interest to effect the Maratha chief's safe return home, for which he and his father had pledged their honour. Some of the Maratha Brahmans who were caught admitted, probably under torture, that their master had fled with the connivance of Ram Singh. (H. A. 201a.) The Rajput prince was punished, first by being forbidden the Court and then being deprived of his rank and pay.∗