He continued with the reading of the lefter brought to him by a soldier who had found t lying at the gate .It read further “When I quitted the Fort of Chunar I threw the papers on my Guddee (seat ) and one I threw on the European Charpay Cot) and woke your fine European out of sleep , now don’t imagine I got out like a thief. It has never been revealed who the actual writer of this letter was nor who placed the letter at fort’s gate that day in 1849. The Britishers could only establish that the prisoner had escaped within less than 48 hours after being incarcerated in the dungeons of the Chunar .Ihe ruse of purdah had been successfully employed for close to two weeks by the prisoner A court of enquiry was held the very next day under the Chairmanship of Major C. Troap which could not establish any aCcomplices amongst the sepoys guarding her except that the prisoner had escaped in the guise and clothes of the water carrier who daily used to bring pot of water from the Ganga for the queen from down below.Having exchanged her clothes with her attendant she had walked out right before the eyes of the sentries posted around and the British soldiers who camped and lived in Fort Chunar.