School shock that teaches theft skills for tuition fees'Thief employment'Made arrangement
Aug 30, 2024
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According to local media NDTV, News 18 and Hong Kong media South China Morning Force, there are schools that train children to steal in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, including Kadia, Gulkedi and Hulkedi.
Parents send their children, who are about 12-13 years old, to this 'stolen school' to join a local criminal organization and receive technical training. A teacher is a criminal member or a former 'Veteran' criminal.
The course includes pickpockets, snatching bags in crowded places, avoiding police, and enduring beatings.
Children also learn how to gamble and sell alcohol. The school is known to cost between 200,000 and 300,000 rupees (about 3.18 million won to 4.77 million won).
Students are usually from low-educated and poor families, and are trained to mix into wealthy families and enter upper-class weddings.
After a year of school, students will be able to 'graduate' by stealing jewelry from rich people's weddings.
Criminal organizations guide students to earn five to six times their tuition fees, and parents can also receive between 300,000 and 500,000 rupees per year from the organization, local media said.
Police explained that more than 300 teenagers from these schools were involved in wedding thefts across India.
A thief stole a bag of jewelry and cash worth Rs. 15 million (W240 million) and ran away from a lavish wedding ceremony in the northwestern Indian city of Jaipur on August 8.
In March, a 24-year-old thief who graduated from a school of thieves stole a jewelry bag from a wedding in Gurgaon, northern India.
Police say it is extremely difficult for police to take action because most offenders are minors," he said.
If convicted of theft in India, he could face up to seven years in prison and a fine.
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