351. Classes of gangs to be watched. [§ 12, Act V, 1861].
- It is to be clearly understood that the police cannot interfere with the movements of persons who are bona fide engaged in trade, and that they may only resort to preventive action in order to protect the public from the depredations of those wandering gangs whose object is rather plunder or larceny than legitimate trade. The following wandering gangs, among others suspected of being criminal, are generally found in Bengal and are a source of nuisance and danger to the public:-(1)Dom (Maghaya), (2) Karwal, (3) Irani, (4) Minka alias Madari and (5) Sandars.
