Ultimately, Tantya was arrested due to treachery of Ganpat, the husband of his formal sister. He was kept in the Central India Agency Jail in the British Residency area at Indore. Later, he was taken to Jubbulpore under strict police guard. He was heavily chained and kept in Jubbulpore jail where the British officers tortured him inhumanly. All types of atrocities were perpetrated on him. The Sessions Court, Jubbulpore sentenced him to be hanged till death on 19 October 1889.
