 The company discovered his plan, stripped him of his position and placed him under house arrest in August 1781, pending an interview with Hastings.He escaped, killing his unarmed guards and gathered his small forces, appealing for assistance from local rulers, who did nothing.In skirmishes with the Company's forces, Chait Singh's troops were defeated, the rebellion crushed, and the zamindari confiscated and given to his nephew Rafa'at wa Awal-i-Martabat Raja Sri Mahip Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur on 14 September 1781.