New Delhi, June 18 -- She walked through Delhi's quiet neighborhoods with a calm face and a black purse over her shoulder. What seemed like the actions of any other working woman in Delhi, in reality, was the modus operandi of a 23-year-old burglar working under the radar. Tucked in her black purse were fifty keys, each one capable of opening the doors to someone else's home
Joynila Tongsin Anal, a native of Chandel in Manipur, moved to Delhi in October 2024 looking for better opportunities. What followed was not the story of another job-seeking migrant making it in the big city, but rather one of breaking into houses, analysis of hundreds of CCTV feeds and eventual capture after meticulous police work.
Her break ins came to a halt when o...