An alternate version - that which was least convenient for the British - had it that the Maharaja of Kashmir had arranged Hayward's death as revenge for the letter about the Kashmiri atrocities in Dardistan.
A different interpretation suggested that the Maharaja of Kashmir had arranged Hayward's death as revenge for a letter revealing the atrocities committed by Kashmiris in Dardistan, which was inconvenient for the British.