She left her home at the age of 14 after a family dispute and ended up living on the street, picking rags to survive before being sold into marriage with a man from Rajasthan.

In a shocking case that surprised even the regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India has cancelled the registration of a person who was officially listed as a research analyst but was actually running a small grocery shop in Madurai.

The Enforcement Directorate alleged that a “criminal” syndicate, involving senior bureaucrats and political figures of the state, “completely hijacked” the Chhattisgarh excise department between 2019 and 2023.