Tanya Puri

Some Lesser Known Facts About Tanya Puri

• Tanya Puri is the CEO and founder of the Delhi-based detective agency named Lady Detectives India, which offers services like pre-matrimonial and post-matrimonial investigations, surveillance, background verification and corporate investigation.

• She is described as one of India’s youngest female private investigators to run her own firm.

• Despite running a full-fledged detective agency, Tanya started her involvement from a young age by assisting her father, she says she began around the age of 15 in the field of investigation.

• Her transition from assisting to running her own firm came as societal norms were being tested which she describes how clients slowly began accepting a female detective instead of assuming a man must do it.

• Although her agency deals with serious investigation work, the media often highlights sensational claims the firm has made (for example about celebrities) which sometimes blur the line between investigative fact and media headline.

• She has publicly spoken about the emotional toll and societal resistance faced by women in investigative work.

• Tanya’s firm has been involved in high-profile investigations such as pre-marital checks and post-marital investigations in India and abroad.

• She has appeared on multiple podcasts, where she shared behind-the-scenes stories from her investigative agency and discussed how the work of a female private detective in India plays out in modern society.