India’s first female detective: Rajani Pandit has solved over 80,000 cases in her 22 years of experience

Known in circles as the ‘Indian Sherlock’, Rajani Pandit has to her credit the distinction of being the first female private detective in India. In her 22 years of experience, she has solved over 80,000 cases.

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Mumbai: In a country like ours where investigating violent crimes is a profession that scares even the most daring of men, there is a woman who has solved over 80,000 cases in a career that spans over 22 years. Mumbai-based Rajani Pandit began her work as a private detective when she was merely 22-years-old.

In a post on social media website Facebook, Ms Pandit recalls her early days when she was working as an office clerk for a woman who was fed up with frequent instances of theft at her home. Inspired by her father who worked in the CID, she offered to investigate the thefts and ended up solving the case. Soon enough, she was branded ‘the first female detective in India’ by media channels and newspapers.

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“My toughest case was gathering proof for a murder investigation,” says Ms Pandit in her post for the Humans of Bombay adding that it was a case where both the husband and the son were murdered but with no proof as to who did it. I went undercover as a maid at the home of the lady who was the prime suspect, she says. Ms Pandit who was trying to build a rapport with the accused almost got caught after her tape recorder nearly gave her away.

The lady restrained me from leaving her home after that incident, says Ms Pandit adding that she waited until one day the hitman hired by the accused to execute the murders came to meet her. “So I cut my foot with a knife and told them that I had to go out to get bandaged,” she says adding that she ran out to an STD booth and called her client to arrive with the police. Both the lady and the hitman were arrested on the same day, said Ms Pandit.

Article Credit – Times now

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