Thuggee

An acolyte of Thuggee is strangling his victim. (COMIC: The Swords of Kali)

Acolytes of Thuggee were a cult of robbers and murderers in 19th-century India who were offering their victims to Kali, the goddess of death and destruction. They had a habit of first tricking and then strangling their victims. (COMIC: The Swords of Kali)

Behind the scene

The word "thug" goes back to Thuggee of India.