Editing Thug Behram (section)

==Biography==
While Behram is sometimes suspected of having committed 931 murders, James Paton, an [[British East India Company|East India Company]] officer working for the Thuggee and Dacoity Office in the 1830s who wrote a manuscript on [[Thuggee]], quotes Behram as saying he had "been present" at 931 cases of murder, and "I may have strangled with my own hands about 125 men, and I may have seen strangled 150 more."<ref>Paton, James. ''Collections on Thuggee and Dacoitee.'' British Library Add MS 41300, folios 118 & 202–03</ref>

The English word 'thug' is, in fact, borrowed from the [[Hindi]] word 'thag' (ठग). The thugs were covert members of a group, and the term 'Thugee' typically referred to an act of deceitful and organised robbery and murder.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official|url=https://archive.org/details/ramblesandrecoll15483gut|author=William Sleeman}}</ref>

Buhram used his [[cummerbund]] or ''[[rumāl]]'', with a large medallion sewn into it, as a [[garrote]] to execute his killing. He could cast the ''rumal'' to cause the medallion to land at the [[adam's apple]] of his victims, adding pressure to the throat when he strangled them.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}