Confessions of a Thug

This book, set in 1832 in India, catalogues the spine-chilling and very real story of a thug, not to sensationalize it, but with the purpose of arousing public opinion against the existence of such a heinous and criminal system. These confessions is a tale of crime and retribution. Set in 1832, the story lays bare the practices of the ‘Thugs’, or deceivers as they were called, who lived in boats and used to murder those passengers whom they were able to entice into their company in their voyages up and down the rivers. ‘Thuggee’ was found to be in active practice all over India. From the foot of the Himalayas to Cape Comorin, from Kutch to Assam, there was hardly a province in the whole of India where ‘Thuggee’ had not been practiced. These ruthless and remorseless assassins snuffed out thousands of innocent lives. Some of the ‘Thugs’ who had been seized were allowed life on condition of denouncing their associates, and among others Feringhea, a leader of great notoriety.