[prashantsengar]

Why would the military keep a "compliant native" under house arrest though? Wouldn't it be better for them to get her killed?

[tsimionescu]

Not if that might bring the anger of the Empire down on them in full. There's a reason even totalitarian regimes don't apply the same amount of force to all of their political enemies.

[SanjayMehta]

You're conflating two different things: she is a compliant native for the British, not for the military. She was always a thorn in their sides.

As for your murderous suggestion, that reveals more about your thought process than any thing else.