Lootere Bandits of British India E06 Web Series
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00:45Brother, can I help you?
00:50What's your name?
00:53Gopal
00:54Gopal? Is there a Gokul in your village?
00:58Yes.
00:59My parents gave me this name.
01:02I was born when they settled in the village.
01:05But let me tell you something funny.
01:07They took me to Manikpur after I was born.
01:15Stay away.
01:16Are you trying to cast an evil eye on our food?
01:19No, brother.
01:20Why would I cast an evil eye?
01:22If I could get some lentils...
01:24Hey, man!
01:25We are just six people here.
01:28What do you want us to do?
01:30Should we cut our stomachs and feed you?
01:32Get lost.
01:41I...
01:53Sit down.
01:57Would you like some halwa?
02:01That's it?
02:02I've shown you everything.
02:07If you want, you can have all the food.
02:11Blanket, kurta.
02:13Anything you want.
02:22No, brother.
02:24I can't beat you up.
02:26Are you crazy?
02:28You'll starve to death if you don't snatch.
02:31I won't beat you up.
02:34Who asked you to beat me up?
02:36I asked you.
02:38You don't have to beat me up to snatch.
02:41Understand?
02:42Watch how I snatch.
02:44Watch the show.
02:52Ram Ram Ji.
02:53Ram Ram.
02:54Ram Ram.
02:55We are also staying here.
02:57We made this halwa with love.
02:59Please taste it.
03:05Here you go.
03:09Take this.
03:11Here you go.
03:15Take this.
03:23Okay, Ram Ram.
03:24Ram Ram.
03:32Brother.
03:34We didn't get halwa.
03:37This is special halwa.
03:40Just watch the fun.
04:06Brother.
04:23You.
04:36Hey.
04:37This is all because of Dhature.
04:39Understand?
04:40Just wait for a while.
04:42Everything will be fine.
05:06India's highest criminal denomination
05:08India's highest criminal denomination
05:10Is it possible to fight him?
05:15History has witnessed
05:16that every new system
05:18gives birth to new kinds of criminals.
05:22With each change of system
05:24the conditions and ways of the criminals change.
05:27This was a dog-eat-dog situation.
05:31In 19th century, British India
06:03In the 19th century, it was a time full of political and economic turmoil.
06:14Conflicts and wars were taking place everywhere.
06:21And because of this, the survival of the common man was in danger.
06:28These two East India companies wanted to increase their influence.
06:33They wanted to fill their treasures.
06:35People were collecting debts.
06:38Because of all these circumstances, the poor became even more poor.
06:46And because of poverty, when there was no alternative to survival,
06:54many of them turned to crime.
06:59And the Dhaturis were also such criminals,
07:03who had to go to crime to fight their poverty.
07:10The word Dhaturia started from the plant of Dhatur.
07:20Dhatura was a very big poison.
07:25It was used on a large scale to rob and kill people.
07:36The Latin name for Dhatura is Datura Stimodium.
07:44In English, it is known as Devil's Apple and Devil's Trumpet.
08:00It means the apple of the devil and the apple of the devil.
08:05The Dhaturis used this name and turned it into the devil's apple.
08:15They turned it into the devil's trumpet.
08:17And turned it into such a terrible crime.
08:21The people who were called Dhaturis,
08:25used to extract poison from its flowers and seeds and feed it to other people.
08:34The first mention of the Dhaturis was made in 1835.
08:43This was made by William Henry Sleeman.
08:47William Sleeman wrote that this was India's biggest problem.
08:54This means that the use of Dhatura was not as much as the use of poison.
09:05However, in our country, there are many other poisonous plants.
09:12Now the question arises, why was Dhatura used so much?
09:17The answer is very simple.
09:19Dhatura was used so much because it is easily available everywhere.
09:50Hey, listen.
09:53Go with them.
09:56You will get good food every day.
09:58Understood?
09:59Okay.
10:00Let's go and meet a gentleman who is looking for a man like you.
10:15Shall we go?
10:17The Dhaturis used to hunt down those people who were from the poor class of the society.
10:28And who were not ordinary rich people.
10:33The people of the poor class did not have much wealth.
10:41Sometimes they used to get a platter, a plate, a piece of cloth.
10:47With this, they were satisfied.
10:50It was a psychological reason to hunt down the poor.
10:55The Dhaturis themselves had a relationship with the poor.
11:00Therefore, it was very easy for them to make friends with the poor.
11:09But this does not mean that they never hunted down the rich.
11:39Dhatura, gold and silver are very expensive.
11:59What do you say?
12:09People here do not even have a platter of gold.
12:14And you have gold shining here.
12:26I am grateful to the people like you.
12:31The girls must be tired of dancing.
12:33Make them sit next to me.
12:35Give me a little more grace.
12:40Sir.
12:46Hey girl, come here.
12:49Entertain your brother.
12:51Don't hurt me by calling me brother.
12:58Will you just keep dancing?
13:01Or do you want to do something else in life?
13:05I was just born to entertain you.
13:10I mean, to make you happy.
13:14Kholchand, give me some betel leaf.
13:23The girl is talking so sweetly that I feel like chewing something.
13:30Here you go.
13:36Give it to her too.
13:38She should also blush.
13:45Tell me one thing.
13:47Do you dance and sing out of helplessness or is it a hobby?
13:52I have only one hobby.
13:55To entertain you.
14:01Okay.
14:02Put the betel leaf in your mouth.
14:05Start entertaining me.
14:13Betel leaf can be fed to anyone in any way.
14:19By powdering it with seeds or by giving it its essence.
14:24Or it can be fed in any way.
14:27The effects of food on the body are almost the same.
14:34The throat of the eater starts to dry up.
14:38His tongue starts to tremble.
14:41His mental and physical powers also start to decrease gradually.
14:48And after that, he gets hallucinations.
14:53Which means that there is nothing but it feels like it is visible.
14:58Such feelings start to come in him.
15:02And in this state, he used to reach a state of unconsciousness.
15:06This unconsciousness was so long,
15:09that we can say that he reached a state of coma in modern language.
15:20Brother.
15:22I thought you liked this girl.
15:26She will be saved from dying.
15:28I liked her.
15:31But Chatur Singh didn't like her cleverness.
15:35Cleverness?
15:37All the women in the brothel are the same.
15:40At such a young age, she became a victim of a hunter.
15:45Leave it.
15:46Let's go.
15:48Is everything full?
15:49Yes, everything is full.
15:50Let's go.
15:53The people of Dhaturia didn't belong to any caste or any social class.
16:02They could belong to any caste, any social class, any religion.
16:10And especially, the travellers on the roads were their victims.
16:15Apart from this, whenever they got a chance,
16:18they used to visit the temples, the shrines, the houses,
16:23and even the brothels.
16:32Brother.
16:34The goods of the brothel turned out to be half fake like my betel leaf.
16:38And the goods of my aunty are also becoming clean.
16:42What should we do?
16:43That's what I am thinking.
16:47This time, we have to do something big.
16:53Let's do it.
16:54Brother.
16:57Here you go.
16:58It's ready.
16:59I have also brought a sample.
17:01I have also brought a sample.
17:12You have brought it at the right time.
17:16Be ready.
17:17We have to do something big.
17:31Let's go.
17:42Stop the vehicle.
17:44Remove the goods.
17:48Is everything okay?
17:50Yes, everything is fine.
17:54Who has the sample?
17:55Who has the sample?
18:00Bring it.
18:01Bhukni has called us.
18:02Here you go.
18:04All the goons are here.
18:06Why are you getting angry?
18:08I will bring Bhukni.
18:09He will come and go.
18:10Go quickly.
18:12Let's go.
18:16Dhaturi also used to adopt the style of committing crimes.
18:20He used to create a lot of problems.
18:24Sometimes, he used to become a family man.
18:28He used to run a family with them.
18:31So that people consider him as a brave man.
18:33So that people consider him as a family man.
18:35And they used to get along with him.
18:38Sometimes, he used to become a saint.
18:40People from his group used to become his disciples.
18:44Sometimes, he used to become a householder.
18:48But he used to become a religious person.
18:51He used to distribute sweets to people.
18:54He used to distribute sweets to people.
18:58Where is Phoolchand?
19:02He is coming.
19:05Did you bring it?
19:22Put it all.
19:24Yes. It will be a good incident.
19:31Brother, please get it done quickly.
19:33It is Dussehra.
19:34If people come, we will have to do the rituals along with the priest.
19:39To make our prey unconscious or to kill him,
19:45To make him unconscious or to kill him, he would use the seeds of the Dhatura as a bait.
19:53But, it also happened that when he wanted the poison to have a strong effect on him,
20:04he would mix Bhaang with it and sometimes he would mix Afim with it.
20:09And sometimes he would mix both the things together and he would take the form of a destructive poison
20:16and there was a possibility that he would die immediately.
20:28Hey, stop! Stop!
20:31What? Where are you guys going inside?
20:34It's time to do darshan.
20:36Yes, brother. Stop!
20:37Hey, tell me politely. Don't you know who he is?
20:41He is the landlord of Madinapur, Mr. Dhatursingh.
20:44He is such a great friend that the people of the house bow down to him.
20:49You should open your mouth when you see a man.
20:51Move back!
20:53Please forgive us, landlord. We are both old.
20:55If we don't take your offering, how will the temple bell ring?
21:00Thank you, priest.
21:02May you live long!
21:05Hey, priest.
21:07Even the Goddess is shining with you today.
21:12Today is the day of victory of good over evil.
21:15All the gentlemen are shining like you.
21:18You are right, priest.
21:20Today is really the day of victory of good over evil.
21:24Come, let's worship the Goddess.
21:28Come, come.
21:34Come.
22:00Come.
22:05The age of poverty has come, priest.
22:08The house of God is full and the house of poverty is empty.
22:12When the poverty increases, people pray to the Goddess.
22:18Yes, and the safe is filled by you.
22:22Isn't it, priest?
22:24It's all the grace of the Goddess.
22:26The safe is filled by you too, landlord.
22:29It seems so.
22:31I will give you the offering.
22:35Here, take the offering.
22:37No, priest.
22:38I will eat my own offering.
22:41Gopal.
22:43This is the special offering of Dussehra.
22:45Please taste it.
22:47What do you mean?
22:49Is our offering useless?
22:51No, no.
22:52There is nothing like that.
22:53Please take your offering.
22:57No, priest.
22:58First the priest, then the offertory.
23:00No, priest.
23:01First the priest, then the offertory.
23:03Yes, okay.
23:05Take it, brother.
23:07Take it.
23:09Let's go, priest.
23:10We are leaving.
23:11Okay, bye.
23:17One speciality of Dhatura is that
23:21if it is mixed with sweets,
23:23then the seeds of Dhatura or its juice
23:27is so rich that
23:31the taste of the sweet
23:34remains exactly like that of the sweet.
23:58Dhatura
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24:20Dhatura
24:22Dhatura
24:24Dhatura
24:27Bani, Gopal.
24:28Arrange for the priest's corpse.
24:30Okay.
24:44In other types of crimes,
24:46if a weapon was used,
24:49then it could be considered a criminal act as a weapon.
24:55And action could also be taken as a death.
24:59But Dhatura was a medicinal plant.
25:04So there was no legal restriction on keeping it.
25:08And that's why the Dhaturis used it as a weapon.
25:13But there was no legal identification of it as a weapon.
25:25Arrange for the priest's corpse.
25:30Why are you looking at me with your eyes open?
25:33Spread out in all directions.
25:35Make everyone look like a police officer.
25:38And meet me at your den in a month.
25:41By then we will sell all our goods and make our money.
25:45And you will give them a share.
25:48Got it?
25:49Keep quiet.
25:52Remember.
25:53See you in a month at your hideout, okay?
26:05The people who were hunted by the Dhaturis
26:10most of them died.
26:15And because of this, the police department
26:18had to face a lot of difficulty in finding the culprits.
26:26The survivors were not able to say what they wanted to say.
26:34They lost their memory.
26:38Some people, if they came back quickly because of the poison
26:44and wanted to say something, it would be too late by then
26:48for the police to do anything to find the culprits.
26:56The rally was in a mess when the priest's body was found in the well.
27:00If we don't catch the culprits soon, we'll lose our jobs.
27:08I think it's their father-in-law's doing.
27:15If they run away, they'll get suspicious.
27:17That's why he's pretending to be crazy.
27:20I see.
27:24The documents mention that
27:29the people who were hunted by the Dhaturis
27:34some of them were arrested by the police.
27:40When the police failed to catch the culprits
27:44they used to think that they could arrest the innocent people
27:50and show that the police is working and getting success
27:55but the culprits are being caught.
28:00You fool.
28:02Okay, okay.
28:04I'll show you.
28:06You fool.
28:08Okay, okay. What's going on?
28:11Enough. Stop it.
28:13Sir, you don't know.
28:15Both of them have looted the temple and are trying to kill the priest.
28:19Do you see?
28:21Both of them are pretending to be crazy.
28:24Sir, give me some time.
28:28I'll get the truth out of them.
28:31I'll challenge you to get rid of the poison.
28:33Greetings, priest.
28:35Sir.
28:37Who is he?
28:46What's the matter?
28:48Sir, the Dhaturis looted me and my friends a week ago.
28:53Zalim Singh, what's going on?
28:55Such cases are happening in your area after every two days.
28:58The headquarters is worried.
29:00That's why I was sent here.
29:02Do you have any information about this criminal?
29:05Sir, he was Charluk.
29:19One of them...
29:21Sometimes it happens that in some cases
29:24the victim comes out of that bad influence quickly
29:28and he was able to give a statement to the police
29:32about the incidents that took place with him.
29:36And then it becomes possible for the police
29:40to take some drastic steps in this direction.
29:44One of them was a man named Gopal.
29:48What are you saying?
29:49One of them was a man named Gopal.
29:53What are you saying?
29:55Sir, every fifth person in this area is named Gopal.
29:58Who all will we catch now?
30:00Do you know anything else about him?
30:02Yes, sir.
30:04He was 35 years old.
30:08Okay.
30:10And he was this tall.
30:13Anything else?
30:15He told me the name of his village.
30:17Manikpur.
30:19Manikpur. Do you know this Manikpur?
30:21Yes, sir. I know where Manikpur is.
30:24In the year 1861,
30:27a lot of changes were made in the Police Act.
30:30Because of these changes,
30:33there was a change in the way the police worked.
30:38Apart from this, one more thing happened
30:41that the middle-class positions in the police
30:47were given to a large number of Indians.
30:52Because of this,
30:55it was easier for the Indians to find the criminals.
31:02And then,
31:04they had a chance to take some steps forward
31:08in catching the criminals.
31:11No, sir. No, sir.
31:13No, sir.
31:15No, sir.
31:17No, sir.
31:19No, sir.
31:21No, sir.
31:23Sir, don't beat him.
31:25Sir, just one incident.
31:27Sir, just one incident.
31:29Mr. Chetri was with us in that.
31:31Mr. Chetri was with us.
31:33Do you know him?
31:35Tell me the name of the leader of your group.
31:37I am telling you,
31:39I will teach you a lesson one day.
31:41The way,
31:43the Thakai and Dacoity Unmulan Abhiyan,
31:47which was formed by the department,
31:49and to kill the Thakai and Dacoity,
31:52they used to carry out a mission.
31:55Now, in the same style,
32:00this department,
32:02under the leadership of Colonel Charles Harvey,
32:04started the mission
32:06to kill the Thakai and Dacoity.
32:13Hey, policeman.
32:15I have a long way to go.
32:18Whoever gets me caught,
32:20I will teach them a lesson.
32:24So, you have a long way to go.
32:27But you don't know one thing.
32:30The one who trapped you,
32:32is your brother.
32:34He is the one who trapped you.
32:36What are you saying?
32:38He is right.
32:40Mr. Chetri,
32:44when did you become a brother?
32:47I think,
32:50you are the brother.
32:52I think, you are the brother.
32:54Hey, leave me.
32:56Hey, go inside.
32:57Go inside.
33:02Hey, go inside.
33:04Go.
33:06So, you are Mr. Surasthin.
33:09Zalim Singh,
33:11find out who is the leader.
33:13Yes, sir.
33:15Ritwal.
33:16Yes, brother.
33:17Please bring my tender.
33:18I will bring it right now, brother.
33:20I will take care of you right now.
33:22Now, all of you will be safe.
33:24Here you go, brother.
33:25What are you looking at?
33:27No, sir.
33:29What are you looking at?
33:31No, sir.
33:33Chaturdhari Singh, sir.
33:34Chaturdhari Singh.
33:36Chaturdhari Singh.
33:46Ritwal.
33:47Chakka, stop.
33:51Richand.
33:52I will sell the loot and get the money.
33:55Ritwal,
33:56you stay alert here.
33:58Don't move away from the cart.
33:59Understood?
34:00Yes.
34:01Let's go.
34:06Greetings, sir.
34:08May God bless you, son.
34:23Hey, old man.
34:25This road is made for the journey of time.
34:29This is not your house.
34:32You have turned it upside down.
34:35No house belongs to a beggar.
34:37I have made a house where there is peace.
34:40Where did you steal this blanket, old man?
34:42Beggars don't steal, son.
34:45Beggars walk on the mercy of God.
34:48And I bought this blanket for my son.
34:52He was yearning for this blanket.
35:16Take this.
35:18I have some sweets.
35:20Eat it.
35:22Give it to your son too.
35:31Take it, son.
35:37Eat it.
35:53Look at this.
35:54He has given so little money.
35:56Yes.
35:57Lala takes a risk by taking stolen goods.
36:00He should be a little generous.
36:16Baba.
36:18What happened?
36:23Some problem?
36:31What happened?
36:33What did you do?
36:35Don't you have brains?
36:37Hey, pig.
36:39What did you do?
36:41What did you do?
36:43What did you do?
36:45What did you do?
36:47Baba.
36:49Baba.
36:51Leave me.
36:53My job is to kill people.
36:55What will happen if one person dies?
36:57A lot will happen, Phoolchand.
36:59I have been taking Baba's blessings for years.
37:02I have never done anything wrong.
37:04Today because of him.
37:06Because of him, one hand will be removed from my head.
37:08Now the end has come.
37:10It has come.
37:13Dua.
37:15From today, you will not be a part of my heart.
37:17You will not be.
37:21Phoolchand.
37:23Will you take me to the doctor?
37:25Yes.
37:26I still have a lot to do.
37:28Baba.
37:33What happened?
37:35What happened to him?
37:38Doctor.
37:39Yes.
37:40Please cure both of them.
37:42I beg of you.
37:44Both of them have bitten the hammer by mistake.
37:47By mistake?
37:48How can someone get bitten by a hammer by mistake?
37:51Listen.
37:53Do your work quickly.
37:55I will beat you up.
37:57Come on.
37:58Come on.
38:17Leave Baba here for a few days.
38:20It will take some time for him to recover.
38:22Okay.
38:23After the use of the poison of the hammer,
38:28the doctors and physicians
38:30who were found in our country
38:34used to have an alternative to the poison of the hammer
38:38to make the people healthy.
38:45If the victim was taken to the physicians on time,
38:50they used to remove the poison from his medicinal knowledge
38:55and make him healthy.
38:57Nituwa.
38:58Yes, brother.
39:00That father-in-law Banerjee Tatari was saying
39:02that Chatur Singh comes to the mausoleum to sell his loot.
39:06He kept saying that.
39:08But no one is letting him show up here.
39:10Where will you find him now?
39:12I will tell you where Chatur Singh is.
39:15Hey.
39:16I will tell you where Chatur Singh is.
39:21Sir, you?
39:26Hey, doctor.
39:28Who brought this beggar here?
39:30Sir, I came here early in the morning.
39:32This beggar has eaten the hammer by mistake.
39:35That Asura Chaturba
39:37has left from here.
39:39But he told me, sir
39:41that he will definitely come to take the beggar back.
39:44He will definitely come?
39:45Yes, sir.
39:47If Chaturba is still healthy,
39:48he will not come back.
39:51And if he comes back,
39:53I will make him the son-in-law of the government.
40:02Where is the beggar?
40:04Has he come?
40:18Sir.
40:19Sir, get up.
40:20What happened?
40:22Sir,
40:25the beggar has gone to Siddharth.
40:48Sir.
40:53Sir.
41:10Asura killed so many people.
41:13And nothing happened.
41:15When he thought of saving his life for the first time,
41:18the boat sank.
41:32The report that was prepared in 1865
41:36by the police administration
41:38states that
41:40there was one Dhaturia
41:42who worked as a collector in Bhagalpur.
41:46Not only that,
41:48there was another Dhaturia
41:50who was working as a police constable.
41:53By 1947,
41:56the government in India
41:58was the British government.
42:01And this government
42:03used to do census once in ten years.
42:08And even in 1901,
42:11it did census.
42:13In this census,
42:15all kinds of information
42:17about Indians
42:19were collected.
42:22And this was also collected.
42:25This information was also collected
42:28that how many people
42:30are doing what kind of business.
42:33And this occupational distribution of population
42:37also included poisoners.
42:40Dhaturis were also included.
42:42This makes it clear
42:44that the Dhaturis
42:47who were working
42:49were not just working
42:51in one village, two villages or ten villages.
42:54They were working in the whole country.
42:56Although Dhaturis
42:59were not aware of their activities
43:02in such small groups
43:04and used to conduct their activities
43:07in groups.
43:09But they were spread all over India.
43:13They had no connection
43:15with each other.
43:18But the activities they did
43:21had such a negative effect
43:24that they were identified
43:27as a group
43:29in the reports
43:31which were made
43:34and they were registered
43:37as a group of poisoners.
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