Perhaps the greatest one of them was Angulimala, who was renowned for the garland of fingers that he kept around his neck.  They had their own dialogue, the Ramasi, and would often perform their deeds after the sacrifice of sugar.  Through the efforts of the British they became extinct in the 1830s, but they were featured prominently in Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone and might have been the murderers in The Mystery of Edwin Drood.  FTP, identify these worshippers of Kali, whose name derives from the Sanskrit for "thief" 
Perhaps the greatest one of them was Angulimala, who was renowned for the garland of fingers that he kept around his neck.  They had their own dialogue, the Ramasi, and would often perform their deeds after the sacrifice of sugar.  Through the efforts of the British they became extinct in the 1830s, but they were featured prominently in Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone and might have been the murderers in The Mystery of Edwin Drood.  FTP, identify these worshippers of Kali, whose name derives from the Sanskrit for "thief" or "rogue" and now identifies any cutthroat or ruffian.
Perhaps the greatest one of them was Angulimala, who was renowned for the garland of fingers that he kept around his neck.  
Thugs or Thagee (accept phonetic equivalents)