The garrote is often depicted as a weapon of the Thuggee. Sleeman is best known for his work suppressing the Thuggee secret society. Revolving around the character of Ghose, it featured an appearance of the Thuggee group. The methods used by "Thuggee" were meant to reap maximum loot without being caught. Mola Ram (Amrish Puri) is the Thuggee high priest. The "Thuggee" units would resemble the physical appearance of travellers. These original Muslim Thugs spread Thuggee amongst Rajputs, Hindus, Lodhis and Ahirs. Numerous historians have described "thuggee" as basically the invention of the British colonial regime.