gang leaders<\/a> and paying the required tuition fee, parents send their children to the crime school for one year to acquire various skills and prepare for a life of crime. After graduating and joining the gang, the student\u2019s family receives an annual payment of 300,000 ($3,600) to 500,000 rupees ($6,000) from gang leaders for their service.<\/p>\nCrime is deeply rooted in these remote villages, and although police know about the activities that go on here, there is little they can do, because the communities will always protect the gangs. They are suspicious of strangers and will confront police officers if they even attempt to arrest one of their own.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we have to go to these villages, we take the force of several police stations with us to apprehend the accused,\u201d Ramkumar Bhagat, the Inspector of the Boda police station, told NDTV<\/a>. \u201cThese criminals are highly trained in bag lifting, bank thefts, and other crimes, often using minors under the age of 17 to carry out their activities. Most of the thefts are carried out by minors, making it even more challenging to combat this deeply ingrained criminal culture<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n