We at Miss Conduct love a good conwoman. Our favourite right now is Anna Delvey, a German woman who pretended to be an heiress and defrauded several banks, hotels, and rich people. Women like Anna Delvey are people we love to hate. We hate them because they ooze equal parts charisma and arrogance. We love them because, hey, it’s a great story, and it’s usually wealthy folks that bear the brunt of their antics. Women like Anna Delvey get movies and TV shows, developed by HBO and Netflix… because we needed two retellings of the same story, both releasing at the same time. 

Zoya Khan, however, never got a Netflix deal. We think that’s fair. She did commit some crimes where she impersonated an Indian civil services officer (allegedly). And while we don’t have a conviction just yet, we still believe it was important to tell her story. A story that is fun, hilarious, and no one dies at the end. 

So here’s to Zoya -- let us immortalise her on this little podcast. Hope you have a great time with this episode! 

Do follow us on our Instagram handles (@ragi.dosai and @just.nishful.thinking). 

Love (platonically),

Ragavi & Nisha

Sources: 

• Noida police arrests fake woman IFS officer | India Today | 4 April 2019 | indiatoday.in/crime/story/noida-police-arrests-fake-woman-ifs-officer-1493929-2019-04-04

• Noida Police Press Release | Twitter | 4 April 2019 | https://twitter.com/noidapolice/status/1113742297211052037

• SSP Noida | Twitter | 4 April 2019 | https://twitter.com/sspnoida/status/1113736583302111233

• Fake IFS officer flashing UN link for police escort arrested with husband | India Today | 4 April 2019 | https://indianexpress.com/article/india/indian-foreign-services-ifs-officer-uniited-nations-un-link-noida-5660222/

• Woh Con Thi: Woman poses as IFS officer, enjoys VIP security for 18 months | India Today | 5 April 2019 | https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/delhi-con-woman-fake-ifs-officer-unsc-arrested-1494504-2019-04-05

• Neighbours in shock after police arrest woman posing as IFS officer | India Today | 5 April 2019 | | https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/zoya-khan-fake-ifs-officer-noida-1494510-2019-04-05

• Noida police arrest woman, husband for demanding police escorts by pretending to be foreign services officer | Times Now | 5 April 2019 | https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/crime/article/greater-noida-bisrakh-police-woman-husband-arrested-demand-escort-cover-pretend-ifs-un-official/395362

Fake woman IFS officer flashing UN link for police escort arrested with husband | Indian Express | 5 April 2019 | https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/apr/05/fake-ifs-officer-flashing-un-link-for-police-escort-arrested-with-husband-1960309.html?utm_campaign=fullarticle&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=inshorts

• Couple poses as IFS officers to demand security, held | Times of India | 5 April 2019 | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/couple-poses-as-ifs-officers-to-demand-security-held/articleshow/68731772.cms

• UN Card, "Nuclear Officer": She Faked Diplomat Career, Arrested In Noida | NDTV | 5 April 2019 | ndtv.com/cities/woman-who-posed-as-diplomat-roamed-around-with-police-escort-arrested-from-greater-noida-2018217

• Noida woman poses as Indian Foreign Service officer to get police escort, held | Hindustan Times | 5 April 2019 | https://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/noida-woman-impersonates-as-indian-foreign-service-officer-to-get-police-escort-held/story-Dsn3dYij5uWm2VWAelj8fP.html

• False IFS Gets Arrested By Real IPS, Both Husband And Wife In Custody | AajTak Dilli (Youtube) | 6 April 2019 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daEnYa7Gkaw