The FIR, written in Urdu, was registered 156 years ago at Subzi Mandi Police Station. (Twitter/Delhi Police)

Do you know about the first crime in Delhi against which an FIR was filed? Who was the offender and what crime was committed? Well! credit goes to the Delhi Police for preserving the records that were maintained manually at the time when there were no computers or internet. Sharing a throwback image on Twitter with a heading “KhaasHaiItihaas”, the Delhi Police revealed the first ever FIR (First Information Report) filed in the national capital.

The FIR, written in Urdu, was registered 156 years ago at Subzi Mandi Police Station. It reads about a theft of hookah (smoking pipe), utensils, a few clothes and, even a kulfi that place on October 18, 1861. The Delhi Police has captioned the image as “#ThrowbackThursday with some of the rare moments in the history of @DelhiPolice. #tbt #KhaasHaiItihaas.” According to the Indian Express, the document was later showcased at the Delhi Police Museum and was also displayed on the wall of Subzi Mandi Police Station.

Twitter users were delighted to know about the crime history as can be gauged from the reaction on the micro blogging site. Neetu Bindal said “WoW! Vry interesting” while Shahnawazul Haque noted that Urdu was the official language, he tweeted: “Maine bhi kahin padha tha urdu was the official language.” While Badal was eager to know whether the police cracked the case, he wrote: Kindly let us know if the stolen property were recovered & your first charge sheet filed in the court led to conviction of the accused?” G K Jha tweeted: “Great!! It addon one of most valuable information in my mind.”