Does the ancient Thuggee Cult of Kali still exist in India today?

Question

In the late 18th/early 19th century, there were roving bands of men who were called Thuggee, or thugs for short. They would lure travelers off the road, often feigning friendship, and strangle their victims with a thick handkerchief, known as a rumal. It was said that these men were from criminal castes and killed for Kali, the goddess of Death herself...

When William Sleeman came to India from England, he began to suppress Thuggee as he was some kind of administrator in the Colonial government. He had many thugs (and many who weren't) executed or sent to prison camps in the Andaman Islands or other places. He also asserted that thugs were criminal in a hereditary nature, and even had the children and families of these men imprisoned, some for life...Thuggee was thought to be suppressed totally by the 1850's, and by the 1890's it was just a memory. Does Thuggee exist today, or have the English exterminated it entirely?

Answer 1

Look out for the yellow scarfs.  But i would have to say no based on their mo, and the current condition of india and how most people travel.  It's unlikely that they would befriend someone for months to do this act.  Cool look up on the encyclopedia.

Answer 2

YES...

Don't parachute into the Andaman Islands all by yourself!