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"It doesn't matter how I'll do it, but I'll make sure that I have justice," says Mr Abanja, who is now 40 and makes a living as a tuk-tuk taxi driver.

The beat of drums and firecrackers welcomed Thangapandian as she greeted voters recently riding an open-roofed tuk-tuk through Chennai’s alleyways.

One YouTuber said he had started filming monkeys during the COVID-19 pandemic after the numbers of tourists plummeted, making it impossible to earn a living as a tuk-tuk driver.

And I mean everything from a tuk-tuk, to a scooter, to a bus, to a cow, to a rickshaw, to everything.

Videos of some of the men, explaining how they were tricked by agents and sent to the battlefield have shocked their families, all of whom are poor - their parents and siblings are either tuk-tuk drivers, tea sellers or handcart sellers.