I mean it seems like their next course of action would have either been shooting him in the head, throwing him back down into the well or taking him to Berlin to be thrown in prison. Just so odd they let him go or did he escape off screen?
shareThey probably didn't think he was anything but another digger. Belloq saw several at the site. The only reason they had Sallah on his knees was to keep him quiet until Indie came up. After that, they likely didn't care because what would a "dirty Arab" know. Which proved how little they knew.
shareThey may have just lost track of him in the crowd. And at that point their only concern was getting the Ark out of Egypt.
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