devanshi

@toi_devanshi

Correspondent covering crime for @timesofindia

New Delhi

Joined November 2023

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devanshi@toi_devanshi · Apr 15

Scattered matchboxes. Broken syringes. Crumpled foil. Empty pill strips. Capital’s washrooms have become drug dens. Women never enter alone. Children hold their breath and run—some don’t dare shower at all. This is their story of living with fear, every single day.

toi_devanshi's tweet image. Scattered matchboxes. Broken syringes. Crumpled foil. Empty pill strips. Capital’s washrooms have become drug dens. Women never enter alone. Children hold their breath and run—some don’t dare shower at all.

This is their story of living with fear, every single day.

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devanshi@toi_devanshi · Jul 14

Sneha (19) went missing on July 7. A week later, her body was found 10km away from Delhi’s Signature Bridge — where she was last seen. A note hinted at suicide, but her family asks: Why were all 60 CCTVs not working? What really happened to Sneha ?timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/tra…

toi_devanshi's tweet card. The body of Sneha Debnath, a 19-year-old Delhi University student, was found in the Yamuna River after she went missing on July 7. Her family raises concerns over police inaction and non-functional...

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devanshi@toi_devanshi · 15 h

A 78-year-old woman was crushed to death while crossing the road by a speeding bus in west Delhi. Driver didn’t even stop to help, simply fled the scene.

toi_devanshi's tweet image. A 78-year-old woman was crushed to death while crossing the road by a speeding bus in west Delhi. Driver didn’t even stop to help, simply fled the scene.

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devanshi@toi_devanshi · Jul 12

It’s not just groceries in those bags. Delivery boys in company tees are the new bootleggers — running liquor from Haryana to Delhi under the radar on their bikes, earning Rs 30k per trip. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/bag…

toi_devanshi's tweet card. Delhi grapples with a surge in bootlegging, with gig workers exploited to transport illicit liquor from Haryana. Authorities are combating this trend,

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devanshi@toi_devanshi · Jun 13

Iris scans, voice samples, even footprints — read my story on how Delhi Police’s new ‘Crime Kundli’ maps 7 types of biometric data to criminals. With unique IDs and upgraded search tools, it lets cops track suspects accurately and avoid duplicate records. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/how…

toi_devanshi's tweet card. Delhi Police has launched Crime Kundli. It is a new system for better crime control. The system uses biometric data like fingerprints and facial recog

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devanshi@toi_devanshi · Jun 11

“They were yelling for help from the balcony. We screamed back--just wait! But upstairs, the hose pipes failed, the fire grew louder, and they jumped," an eyewitness said recalling how even with firefighters on site, three lives slipped away. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/we-…

toi_devanshi's tweet card. In a tragic incident in Dwarka, a fire broke out in a duplex apartment, leading to the deaths of three family members, including two children, who jum

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devanshi@toi_devanshi · Jun 11

When alarms don’t work and systems fail, families pay the price. The Yadavs lost three in minutes. Read my reportage for @timesofindia to know about those who lost their lives and the grieving families they have left behind. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/sel…

toi_devanshi's tweet card. A devastating fire in Delhi's Dwarka claimed the lives of Yash Yadav, his daughter, and nephew, leaving the family shattered. Yash, hailed as a selfle

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devanshi@toi_devanshi · May 27

When the world gave up, 2 cops didn’t. With no clues, no maps, just faded faces in crumpled photos—-brought back ——223 lost children to the arms of their parents that never stopped waiting. This is their story of travelling as far as Jammu & Kashmir. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/fad…

toi_devanshi's tweet card. Delhi Police ASIs Nirdesh Panwar and Rajdeep reunited 223 missing children with their families. They investigated cases across multiple states. Their

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