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Delhi's earliest crimes revealed by 1800s police records

2023-07-09 08:27
The year is 1861. Mughal rule has just ended, Delhi is in ferment and decline - then a bed gets stolen.
Delhi's earliest crimes revealed by 1800s police records

On a cold January night in 1876, two weary travellers knocked at Mohammed Khan's house in Delhi's Sabzi Mandi - a thriving labyrinth of narrow alleys in India's capital - and asked if they could stay the night.

Khan graciously decided to let the guests sleep in his room. But the next morning, he...