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The Pink Gang - or the Gulabi Gang - is a group of Indian women, dressed head to toe in bright pink saris, who campaign against corruption and for equal rights.

They work in one of India's most lawless and economically deprived areas, Bundelkhand in Northern and Central India.

Bundelkhand has long been known as the backyard of ferocious outlaws.

The women are led by Sampat Pal Devi, an uneducated woman of around 40 years old, who was married before she hit her teens and had her first child at 13.

She now focuses much of her energy on raising awareness of the problems of child marriages.

The Gulabi Gang try to help with everyday problems by mediating, sending written complaints to police, and sometimes demonstrating and holding street blockades.

Outlook's Suhail Haleem caught up with Sampat and her gang at Chitra-koot town, where they greeted him by chanting motivational slogans.