Original sentence: Skeptics commented that New Delhi was suffering from power shortages at the time and that the street lights were often turned off at night - but that when the police needed to investigate something (such as an attack by a half-man, half-monkey creature) they made sure that the street lights were turned on
Edited sentence: Cynics commented that New Delhi was suffering from power shortages at the time and that the street lights were often turned off at night - but that when the police needed to investigate something (such as an attack by a half-man, half-monkey creature) they made sure that the street lights were turned on