Delhi, like any other city, is not new to crimes. But have you ever wondered when was the first crime committed in India's capital? Well, it was a good 160 years ago.?
On October 18, 1861, the Delhi Police registered its first-ever FIR under the Police Act. The FIR was written in Urdu, as it was the official language of the area in the 19th century.?
The crime included stealing a hookah (smoking pipe), cooking vessels, and a kulfi (ice cream).?The total worth of items stolen from his house was 45 annas (about Rs 2.81 then).
The FIR was filed under the Police Act at the Subzi Mandi police station in North Delhi by Maeeuddin, a resident of Katra Sheesh Mahal.?
The throwback picture of the 160-year-old FIR was tweeted by Yashovardhan Azad, a former Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau. The photo also displays the hashtag #KhaasHaiItihaas meaning ¡®history is special¡¯.??
The post has been liked more than 300 times and many people took to the comments section to react to the piece of history.
The photograph of the FIR, historic in its own right, has been framed by the North Delhi Police at the Delhi Police museum, News18 reported. According to official records, only five police stations existed in Delhi during that period - Subzi Mandi being one of them. Mundka, Mehrauli, Kotwali and Sadar Bazar were the other stations.??
Delhi Police, too, had gone back in time with a #ThrowbackThursday tweet in 2017. Recollecting its first FIR ever registered, the Delhi Police had shared a picture of the page where all the crimes were listed.?