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bundle or a bag of money, they watch till his attention is diverted
then stealing up quietly between the article and its owner, they drop
a cloth partially covering the article and in picking it up manage to
transfer the article to their basket. They also pick pockets, and steal
grain, vegetables or anything they can lay hands on. The women
generally carry their babes in arms with them, with the idea that
if they are caught redhanded they can appeal to the clemency
of their victim.
They carry them off alive from pens by night or day, or kill Goat
them while out grazing by breaking their necks by a sudden and thefts,
powerful twist. They hide the dead animals in a ditch or bush and
remove them at night. They burn the skin and horns and consume
the flesh immediately.
They defraud owners of their barren she-buffaloes under the Cheating,
pretext of making them fertile and receive some earnest money for
the purpose, and subsequently dispose of the animal at a distant
place. Another form of cheating practised by them is the sale of
gilt brass beads or other false ornaments as pure gold at a good price
to credulous villagers.
They commit thefts of cotton and other crops from fields.
Their receivers are village headmen, Banias, and liquor vendors. Method of
Freshly acquired valuables are buried in the neighbourhood of their and^dts-"^
camp and often are concealed near the pegs where cattle are tethered, posai of
Stolen grain and cotton are concealed in the Aar&f stack. Clothes stolen pro-
are sewn into patchwork quilts or saddle bags. Sometimes
women conceal small quantities of grain in cloth belts around
their waists, giving them the appearance of being pregnant.
Valuables are concealed by the men in their rectum and
by the women in their private parts. They also hide things in the
saddle bags of buffaloes. A secret lookout is necessary near the
camp for the return of the gang from thieving expeditions in the
evening and if they are searched at once there is every chance of
recovering stolen property. When a gang moves from one place to
another one picked man leaves the camp in advance with the stolen
property and he buries it near the next camp.
bundle or a bag of money, they watch till his attention is diverted
then stealing up quietly between the article and its owner, they drop
a cloth partially covering the article and in picking it up manage to
transfer the article to their basket. They also pick pockets, and steal
grain, vegetables or anything they can lay hands on. The women
generally carry their babes in arms with them, with the idea that
if they are caught redhanded they can appeal to the clemency
of their victim.
They carry them off alive from pens by night or day, or kill Goat
them while out grazing by breaking their necks by a sudden and thefts,
powerful twist. They hide the dead animals in a ditch or bush and
remove them at night. They burn the skin and horns and consume
the flesh immediately.
They defraud owners of their barren she-buffaloes under the Cheating,
pretext of making them fertile and receive some earnest money for
the purpose, and subsequently dispose of the animal at a distant
place. Another form of cheating practised by them is the sale of
gilt brass beads or other false ornaments as pure gold at a good price
to credulous villagers.
They commit thefts of cotton and other crops from fields.
Their receivers are village headmen, Banias, and liquor vendors. Method of
Freshly acquired valuables are buried in the neighbourhood of their and^dts-"^
camp and often are concealed near the pegs where cattle are tethered, posai of
Stolen grain and cotton are concealed in the Aar&f stack. Clothes stolen pro-
are sewn into patchwork quilts or saddle bags. Sometimes
women conceal small quantities of grain in cloth belts around
their waists, giving them the appearance of being pregnant.
Valuables are concealed by the men in their rectum and
by the women in their private parts. They also hide things in the
saddle bags of buffaloes. A secret lookout is necessary near the
camp for the return of the gang from thieving expeditions in the
evening and if they are searched at once there is every chance of
recovering stolen property. When a gang moves from one place to
another one picked man leaves the camp in advance with the stolen
property and he buries it near the next camp.